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Yoshiwara, from the series “Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Highway by Two Brushes” |
作者 |
Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III), Utagawa Hiroshige |
解説 |
Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III), Utagawa Hiroshige 1854 The character looking up at Mount Fuji is Saigyou Houshi, a priest and poet who lived from the late Heian Period into the Kamakura Period. He has stopped on his way to Oshu and is writing a poem about Mount Fuji. Mount Fuji can be seen along Saigyou Houshi’s line of vision with large pine trees in front. It is likely that the artist chose this view because Mount Fuji seen to the left between pine trees before Yoshiwara Station was known as “Hidari Fuji,” or Fuji on the left, and was a famous view. There were only two spots along the route from Edo to Kyoto where Mount Fuji could be seen on the left (The other was the rest area between stations at Nango). This work gives the viewer a real sense of actually being there. |
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