Prints
Nagakubo (Station 28) from the series Sixty-Nine Stations of the Kisokaido
Woodblock Print
Details
- Author / creator
- Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797–1858)
- Object type
- Date or period
- 1835 or 1836
- Dimensions summary
- Sheet: 22.8 × 35.4 cm
- Place of origin
- Japan
- Acquisition method
- Donation
- Credit line
- Gift of the Hartley Bequest, 1942
- Paper / support
- Japanese paper
- State and impression
- Only state
About this object
The inland road connecting Edo (present-day Tokyo) and Kyoto, the Kisokaidō had 69 post stations, similar to contemporary freeway rest areas. These prints of the mountainous Kisokaidō offered urban print collectors views of scenic spots without the inconveniences of travel.
Moonlight silhouettes travelers leaving the Nagakubo station, while a figure with a walking stick approaches it across the Wada Bridge. In the foreground, a man leading his weary horse gazes at the moon while children play with dogs.
Materials and technique
Color woodblock print
