資料名 |
Fifty-three Stations of the Toukaidou Highway Hodogaya |
解説 |
Artist: Utagawa Yoshitsuya Production date: 1863 (Bunkyu 3) The Toukaidou: Hodogaya At the upper part the workers from inns are all lined, and the procession is passing through in front of them. At the bonfire, people from the procession light the smoking pipes. The black part at the bonfire was originally printed with vivid vermilion color but it turn into black because of the oxidation of the vivid orange pigment tan. This series was published with the event of the Fourteenth Shogun Tokugawa Iemochi’s procession from Tokyo to Kyoto (Shogun’s official visit to Emperor) that took place in 1863 (Bunkyu 3) and it is known as “Gojouraku Toukaidou (Samurai’s procession along the Toukaidou Highway)”. Iemochi’s visit was an unusual event since last time Tokugawa Shogun visited Emperor was 229 years ago when the Third Shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu visited Emperor. Therefore this event got a huge attention from the people of Edo. This series was very popular that 162 works were produced within this series. Since 16 artists from Utagawa School were involved for the production, it is considered that the publisher wanted to produce many works within a short period of time. |
資料番号 |
10401 |
