資料名 |
Akasaka, Yaji Gives Kitahachi a Beating on the Nawate Road, Mistaking Him for a Fox,from the series “Famous Places of the Fifty-three Stations of the Toukaidou Highway” |
解説 |
Utagawa Hiroshige 1855 An evening scene of the highway is depicted. The roofs of houses depicted in the background look like the buildings of Akasaka post station. As in the title, Yaji, a character from “Toukaidouchu Hizakurige (Shank’s Mare: The Tour of the Toukaidou Highway)” thinks Kitahachi as “the fox turns itself into Kitahachi” and beats him. 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 |
10298 |
