Hodogaya: Distant View of the Kamakura Mountains from the Boundary Tree Posthouse/ 程ヶ谷　境木立場鎌倉山遠望 (Hodagaya, Kyoboku tateba Kamakurayama enbo)

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Description: Nishiki-e (Multicolored Print), ink and color on paper. In the foreground several tea houses decorated with lanterns line the edges of the composition. All of them filled with resting guests. A line of rice fields bordered by low hills and pine trees lead the eye back to the faded image of the mountains in the distance.
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Title
Hodogaya: Distant View of the Kamakura Mountains from the Boundary Tree Posthouse/ 程ヶ谷　境木立場鎌倉山遠望 (Hodagaya, Kyoboku tateba Kamakurayama enbo)
Creator(s)
Utagawa Hiroshige/ 歌川広重 (Signature: Hiroshige ga/ 広重画)
Issued
1855
Genre
woodcuts (prints)
Topical Subject(s)
Tearooms -- Japan -- Art ; Mountains -- Japan -- Art ; Wood-engraving, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868 ; Art, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868
Continent
Asia
Country
Japan
Region
Tōkaidō
City
Tōkaidō
Local Identifier
NE1325.A5_T64_0005
URI / Handle
http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:100618
Related Work
Charles Nelson Spinks collection
Series
Famous Sites of the Fifty-Three Stations/五十三次名所図会 (Gojusantsugi Meisho Zue)
Series Description
Originally published by Koeido (Tsutaya Kichizo) in 1855. This series is in the vertical oban (large size) format. This series is commonly refered to as the Tate-e Tokaido (Vertical Tokaido). The series depicts the 53 stations of the Tokaido road, a route that ran Edo to Kyoto.

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