資料名 |
Mitsuke, Ferries of Tenryu River, 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 Tenryu River from Mitsuke post station is depicted. People are crossing Tenryu river by ferry boats. The bank illustrated across the river is considered as the mid-point of the Toukaidou Highway that from this point, the distance to Kyoto is equal to the distance to Nihonbashi Bridge, Tokyo. 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 |
10290 |
