資料名 |
Fifty-three Stations of the Toukaidou Highway Yui |
解説 |
Utagawa Yoshikazu The production date: 1853 (Kaei 6) There are rocky areas along the coast in Kurasawa, which is located between Yui and Okitsu. Like Enoshima, Yui was famed for its abalone, turban shells, and octopuses, which were hunted by female divers. There is a strong association between female divers and octopuses. In this print, travelers on top of the cliff are anxiously watching the drama unfolding below them. The print for Ejiri Station depicts a scene in a cheap inn. One of two blind men, who were sleeping clad only in a loincloth, thinks he has caught one of the pesky mice in the room. However, what he is holding down with the flap of his loincloth is a purse (he evidently mistook the cord for a tail). Meanwhile, the mice are running away with a triumphant look that adds a comic note. 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 |
10597 |
