資料名 |
Fifty-three Stations of the Toukaidou Highway Kanaya |
解説 |
Utagawa Yoshikazu The production date: 1853 (Kaei 6) Kanaya Station thrived as the point where travelers crossed the Oi River, the most difficult spot on the Toukaidou Highway. At inns, guests were sure to encounter women who would offer to serve them food and drinks and keep them company. In the print, two women are gaily applying their make-up in front of a mirror. In the Kakegawa Station print, two women who are probably blind are on an earthen bridge with cane in hand and shamisen lutes on their backs. They are feeling their way along, as the bridge has no railings. 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 |
10605 |
