Arai: Ferryboat/ 荒井渡舟ノ図 (Arai, Watashibune no zu)

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Description: Nishiki-e (Multicolored Print), ink and color on paper. Entering from the left is a ferryboat filled with peasants. Past the ferryboat is the larger Daimyo boat marketed by flags, crests, and a screen indicating the Daimyo’s status and domain. On the other side of the water, coming from the right side of the composition, is a village in the distance surrounded by pines and hilly terrain.

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Title: Arai: Ferryboat/ 荒井渡舟ノ図 (Arai, Watashibune no zu)
Creator(s): Utagawa Hiroshige/ 歌川広重 (Signature: Hiroshige ga/ 広重画)
Issued: ca. 1833-34
Genre: woodcuts (prints)
Topical Subject(s): Boats and boating -- Japan -- Art ; Landscapes -- 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_T65_0044
URI / Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:100714
Related Work: Charles Nelson Spinks collection
Series: The Sequel to the Scenes of the Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road/東海道五十三驛風景續畫 (Tokaido gojusantsugi Fukei Tsuzukie)
Series Description: Originally published by Hoeido (Takenouchi Magohachi) and Senkakudo (Tsuruya Kiemon) ca 1833-34. This series is in a horizontal oban (large size) format and is commonly called the Great Tokaido. It depicts the 53 station of the Tokaido road, a route that ran from Edo to Kyoto. This series was printed in two versions, the first jointly by both publishers and the second by only Senkakudo. The Spinks collection version is a mix of prints from both versions.

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