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Nagakubo (Station 28) from the series Sixty-Nine Stations of the Kisokaido

1835 or 1836

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川 広重

(Japanese, 1797–1858)
Culture
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
Medium
color woodblock print
Measurements
Sheet: 22.8 x 35.4 cm (9 x 13 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Henry S. Upson 1942.144
Public Domain
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Location
Not on view
Print

Description

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.
A horizontally oriented woodblock print depicts a moonlit landscape. In the foreground, a man with light skin tone leads a loaded horse right, past a wooden building. Two boys walk left with a white dog and pig. Behind them, large pine trees flank a wooden bridge spanning a dark blue river. Silhouetted figures cross the bridge beneath a full moon. Japanese calligraphy and red seals occupy the upper left sky.

Nagakubo (Station 28) from the series Sixty-Nine Stations of the Kisokaido

1835 or 1836

Utagawa Hiroshige

(Japanese, 1797–1858)
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

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