資料名 |
Fifty-three Stations of the Toukaidou Highway Shirasuka |
解説 |
Utagawa Yoshikazu The production date: 1853 (Kaei 6) The Shirasuka Station print portrays Shiomizaka, a spot renowned for its an excellent view of the coast. Four pilgrims are walking in a line, wearing sedge caps, dressed in white robes, and hanging white pilgrim's sacks from their necks. The object which the lad at the rear is holding in his right hand may be a specimen of the famed peastone (pisolith). Yoshida Station was known for having many women eager to serve guests food and drink. A widely known ditty contained a verse about the “sleeves of a fawn beckoning from the second floor” when passing through Yoshida. 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 |
10613 |
