The Suruga Bank of the Ōi River near Shimada, from the series Famous Views of the Fifty-three Stations
Name
Andō, Hiroshige, 1797-1858 (Artist)
Tsutaya Kichizō (Publisher)
Title
The Suruga Bank of the Ōi River near Shimada, from the series Famous Views of the Fifty-three Stations
Other Titles
Shimada, Ōigawa sungan 嶋田 大井川駿岸, from the series Gojūsan tsugi meisho zue 五十三次名所圖會
Abstract
"The Suruga Bank of the Ōi River near Shimada" depicts the twenty-fourth station in the series "Famous Views of the Fifty-three Stations." Hiroshige shows travelers along the Tōkaidō, crossing, in dry weather, the shallow waters of the Ōi river near the post town of Shimada. Hiroshige's use of linear perspective arranges the composition and accentuates the sense of recession in space.
Accession Number
C00.1755.021
Format
prints
Culture
Japanese (culture or style)
Genre
Landscapes (representations)
Origin Information
Edo (Tokyo), Japan
Date
1855
Physical Description
1 print ; image 13 9/16 x 8 15/16 in. (34.4 x 22.7 cm), sheet 14 1/2 x 9 7/8 in. (36.8 x 25 cm)
Note (Period)
Edo period
Note (Medium/support)
Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Famous Views of the Fifty-three Stations" is also known as the "Vertical Tōkaidō" due to the format and orientation of the prints. This series is one of more than thirty series in which Hiroshige tackled the popular topic of the fifty-three stations o f the well-known and well-traveled Tōkaidō.