資料名 |
Fukuroi, The Famous Enshu Kite, from the series “Famous Places of the Fifty-three Stations of the Toukaidou Highway” |
解説 |
Utagawa Hiroshige 1855 The peaceful pastoral scenery along the Highway, such as the people transplant rice seedlings and people fly the Enshu-kites (the traditional kites of this region) are depicted. The height of the sky is emphasized by depicting a flying kite at the upper part of 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 |
10289 |
