資料名 |
Yokkaichi, Nago Bay and the Mie River, from the series “Famous Places of the Fifty-three Stations of the Toukaidou Highway” |
解説 |
Utagawa Hiroshige 1855 Serpentine Mie River (Mitaki River), that starts from the foreground, suddenly disappears from the middle of the picture and the port of Yokkaichi extends in the background of the picture. Ise Bay was famous with the view of mirage and in other prints, the view of Yokkaichi is often depicted with mirage. Although mirage is not depicted in this work, using the mysterious color, ships that are at anchor in the harbor and pine wood are depicted as mirage. 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 |
10305 |
