資料名 |
Hara, View of Mt.Fuji and Mt.Ashitaka,from the series “Famous Places of the Fifty-three Stations along the Toukaidou Highway” |
解説 |
Utagawa Hiroshige 1855 The huge Mt. Fuji that sticks out from the picture frame is depicted. At the foot of Mt. Fuji, Mt. Ashitaka is depicted with the acute-angled ridgeline. By depicting Mt. Fuji in this way, this picture expresses how huge Mt. Fuji can be viewed from Hara post station. 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 |
10275 |
