53 Stations of the Tokaido - Yokkaichi, Station 44

53 Stations of the Tokaido - Yokkaichi, Station 44

Arts; Arts-Prints;

Color woodblock, 7 X 9 1/4 inches, ink and color on paper. People walking over bridge with grass to the thriving market town and port facing the Ise Bay. Yokkaichi means 'market on the fourth day'. Hiroshige presents the city from a sharp angle from the left; the bridge was one of a series of narrow bridges built over the river and low land close to the seashore to allow access to the market.

Originally purchased from Arts and Crafts, Yokoyama, Tokyo

Ando Hiroshige (1797 - 1858)

Collection of Dr. Richard M. Kraus, emeritus Marietta College.

Special Collections, Dawes Memorial Library

Marietta College

Materials may be used for educational, non-commercial purposes only. Acknowledgement to be given to the ASIANetwork-Luce Asian Art in the Undergraduate Curriculum Project and to the college from whose collection the work comes. The individual college retains copyright to the work.

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Japanese

still image

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Japan

Japan - Edo-Tokugawa 1615 - 1868

Printed in 1931

2860 w x 2167 h, 72 ppi