資料名 |
Otsu, A View of Otsu Town and Lake Biwa from the Kan’non Hall of Mii Temple,from the series “Famous Places of the Fifty-three Stations of the Toukaidou Highway” |
解説 |
Utagawa Hiroshige 1855 The bird’s-eye view of the post station town of Otsu and Lake Biwa, seen from the Kan’non Hall of Mii Temple is depicted. The boats are proceeding the waterway of vertically extending Lake Biwa. The series, “Views of Famous Places of Fifty-three Stations of the Toukaidou” was produced in 1855, when Hiroshige was 59 years old, and this is his last Toukaidou series. This series is also called “The Toukaidou in Vertical Pictures” since it is produced as the series of vertical pictures. It is considered the vertical composition is not suitable for landscape pictures since it is difficult to find the good balance in the space. However Hiroshige, the master of landscape pictures used this composition in a distinctive way, created the masterpiece series. |
資料番号 |
10315 |
