資料名 |
Arai, Ferryboats Arriving at the Checkpoint, from the series “Famous Places of the Fifty-three Stations of the Toukaidou Highway” |
解説 |
Utagawa Hiroshige 1855 A bird’s eye view of Lake Hamana, Arai post station and a checkpoint, is depicted. The composition is very similar to that of “Otsu” and Mt. Fuji is depicted in the background. The waterway that connects Arai post station and Maisaka post station was called Imagire Ferry and it went through the southern side of Lake Hamana. A series of boats that sails across the lake from the foreground to the east shore, the side of Maisaka post station gives perspective to the picture. 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 |
10293 |
