資料名 |
Fifty-three Stations of the Toukaidou Highway Miya/Yokkaichi |
解説 |
Utagawa Yoshikazu The production date: 1853 (Kaei 6) Miya was a station town that grew out of an older town which developed in front of the gate of Atsuta Shrine. As a “gate-front” town, it attracted throngs of shrine worshippers. At the same time, it thrived as the ferry crossing for Kuwana Station. It was said to be the most prosperous town along the whole Toukaidou. In this print, two men are intently viewing a calligraphy scroll that has been hung upside down, and a woman is having a good laugh over it. The Yokkaichi station was known for its buns with bean-paste filling. The child is making a pilgrimage with a ladle under his belt, and seems to be asking for another bun from atop his horse. Many Utagawa school ukiyo-e artists published the series “Fifty-three Stations of the Toukaidou Highway”. In this distinctive series, Yoshikazu introduced the legends and episodes that related to the post stations of the Toukaidou Highway humorously. Generally, he produced humorous pictures with horizontal small ko-ban size format. Utagawa Yoshikazu Date of birth and death unknown Yoshikazu was a pupil of Utagawa Kuniyoshi and active from the Kaei era till Meiji 3 (1848~1870). He also used the artist names such as Shunsai and Ichikawa. He produced many worrier pictures, kacho-ga (pictures of birds and flowers), and Yokohama-e (ukiyo-e depicting foreigner’s life styles or the scenes of Yokohama). He also produced illustrations of kusa-zoshi (books with illustrations ). |
資料番号 |
10622 |
