資料名 |
Narumi, The Shops of the Famous Arimatsu Tie-dyed Fabrics,from the series “Famous Places of the Fifty-three Stations of the Toukaidou Highway” |
解説 |
Utagawa Hiroshige 1855 Narumi post station was located near Arimatsu village and this village became famous with the local product “Arimatsu Shibori“, the high quality tie-dye textile. Fully utilizing the vertical composition, the scene of drying pieces of Arimatsu Shibori clothes is depicted in the foreground. 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 |
10302 |
