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Title: Fuchu: Miroku 2-Chome, Abekawa/ 府中あべ川みろく二丁目 (Fuchu, Abekawa Miroku nichime)
Creator: Utagawa Hiroshige/ 歌川広重 (Signature: Hiroshige ga/ 広重画)
Description: Nishiki-e (Multicolored Print), ink and color on paper. A night scene, travelers and townspeople pass in and out of a gate to what could be an inn or merchant district. Purple tinted mist hangs low over the buildings. Just beyond the town are gray hills against a blue sky. A crescent moon peeks out from behind the hills.
Series: Famous Sites of the Fifty-Three Stations/五十三次名所図会 (Gojusantsugi Meisho Zue)
Subject: Cities and towns -- Japan -- Art; Mountains -- Japan -- Art; Wood-engraving, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868; Art, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868
Country: Japan
Local Identifier: NE1325.A5_T64_0020
Type: woodcuts (prints)
Collection: Japanese prints, illustrated books, and manuscripts
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:100633
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Title: Futakawa: Post House on Monkey Plain/ 二川猿が馬場立場 (Futakawa, Sarugababa Tateba)
Creator: Utagawa Hiroshige/ 歌川広重 (Signature: Hiroshige ga/ 広重画)
Description: Nishiki-e (Multicolored Print), ink and color on paper. Two shops with inscribed signs and their merchandise on display take up the bottom left corner. The road passes in front of them busy with travelers. Beyond the road a green hillside speckled with trees dominates the scene.
Series: Famous Sites of the Fifty-Three Stations/五十三次名所図会 (Gojusantsugi Meisho Zue)
Subject: Mountains -- Japan -- Art; Landscapes -- Japan -- Art; Wood-engraving, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868; Art, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868
Country: Japan
Local Identifier: NE1325.A5_T64_0034
Type: woodcuts (prints)
Collection: Japanese prints, illustrated books, and manuscripts
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:100647
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Title: Hakone: Holding Pine torches in the Night/ 箱根夜中松明とり (Hakone, Ynaka taimatsu tori)
Creator: Utagawa Hiroshige/ 歌川広重 (Signature: Hiroshige ga/ 広重画)
Description: Nishiki-e (Multicolored Print), ink and color on paper. A steep mountain path fills the lower-left corner. A group of porters carries their client in a palanquin up the steep path carrying torches, the smoke from which rises all the way to the top of the image. Along the path are two large pine trees that hand over the cliff edge. In the distance to the right are mountains that fill the background of the image, dwarfing the figure in the foreground.
Series: The Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road/ 東海道五十三次 (Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi)
Subject: Travelers -- Japan -- Art; Mountains -- Japan -- Art; Wood-engraving, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868; Art, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868
Country: Japan
Local Identifier: NE1325.A5_T66_0012
Type: woodcuts (prints)
Collection: Japanese prints, illustrated books, and manuscripts
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:100749
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Title: Hakone: Night Procession in the Mountains/ 箱根山中夜行の図 (Hakone, sanchu yagyo no zu)
Creator: Utagawa Hiroshige/ 歌川広重 (Signature: Hiroshige ga/ 広重画)
Description: Nishiki-e (Multicolored Print), ink and color on paper. A group of porters and torch bearers ascend a steep path bordered by stone walls and large pines. To the left a running river separates them from a set of silhouetted mountains with more pine trees at its crest.
Series: Famous Sites of the Fifty-Three Stations/五十三次名所図会 (Gojusantsugi Meisho Zue)
Subject: Mountains -- Japan -- Art; Landscapes -- Japan -- Art; Wood-engraving, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868; Art, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868
Country: Japan
Local Identifier: NE1325.A5_T64_0011
Type: woodcuts (prints)
Collection: Japanese prints, illustrated books, and manuscripts
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:100624
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Title: Hakone: View of the Lake/ 箱根湖水図 (Hakone, kosui no zu)
Creator: Utagawa Hiroshige/ 歌川広重 (Signature: Hiroshige ga/ 広重画)
Description: Nishiki-e (Multicolored Print), ink and color on paper. On the left side is Hakone lake, lined with mountainous shores. In the immediate foreground, a perilous, rugged cliff takes up the whole right side of the composition. It is rendered in a patchwork of blocky colors. In front of the cliff in the bottom right corner, a parade of pilgrims can be seen traveling through the mountainous terrain.
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)
Subject: Lakes -- Japan -- Art; Mountains -- Japan -- Art; Wood-engraving, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868; Art, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868
Country: Japan
Local Identifier: NE1325.A5_T65_0022
Type: woodcuts (prints)
Collection: Japanese prints, illustrated books, and manuscripts
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:100692
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Title: Hakone/ 箱根
Creator: Utagawa Hiroshige/ 歌川広重 (Signature: Hiroshige ga/ 広重画)
Description: Nishiki-e (Multicolored Print), ink and color on paper. A night scene of a steep path up Mt. Hakone. A group of porters carrying clients in sedan chairs climbs a steep path paved with boulders They are carrying large torches with large plumes of fire-colored in bright red. The path is surrounded by steep peaks covered with pine trees.
Series: The Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road/ 東海道五十三次 (Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi)
Subject: Mountains -- Japan -- Art; Art, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868; Wood-engraving, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868
Country: Japan
Local Identifier: NE1325.A5_T67_0011
Type: woodcuts (prints)
Collection: Japanese prints, illustrated books, and manuscripts
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:100805
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Title: Hiratsuka: Nawate Road/平塚縄手道 (Hiratsuka, Nawate michi)
Creator: Utagawa Hiroshige/ 歌川広重 (Signature: Hiroshige ga/ 広重画)
Description: Nishiki-e (Multicolored Print), ink and color on paper. A single path zigzags across a field of rice patties with sparse pine trees lining the road. In the mid ground high round top hills slightly obscure the summit of Fuji rendered in white in the background. Various travelers pass by one another on the path.
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)
Subject: Rural roads -- Japan -- Art; Mountains -- Japan -- Art; Wood-engraving, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868; Art, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868
Country: Japan
Local Identifier: NE1325.A5_T65_0018
Type: woodcuts (prints)
Collection: Japanese prints, illustrated books, and manuscripts
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:100688
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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: Utagawa Hiroshige/ 歌川広重 (Signature: Hiroshige ga/ 広重画)
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.
Series: Famous Sites of the Fifty-Three Stations/五十三次名所図会 (Gojusantsugi Meisho Zue)
Subject: Tearooms -- Japan -- Art; Mountains -- Japan -- Art; Wood-engraving, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868; Art, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868
Country: Japan
Local Identifier: NE1325.A5_T64_0005
Type: woodcuts (prints)
Collection: Japanese prints, illustrated books, and manuscripts
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:100618
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Title: The Izu Mountains/ 伊豆の山中 (Izu no Sanchu)
Creator: Utagawa Hiroshige/ 歌川広重 (Signature: Hiroshige ga/ 広重画)
Description: Nishiki-e (Multicolored Print), ink and color on paper. Fuji can be seen just beyond a waterfall in the Izu mountains. On either side of the river figures make the trek along the steep mountain trails carrying heavy packs on their backs. They are dwarfed by the surrounding hill tops. The peaks of the green hills are accented by gradients of dark blue-green. Site located in Izu, Shizuoka.
Series: Thirty Six Views of Mt. Fuji/ 富士三十六景 (Fuji Sanjurokkei)
Subject: Mountains -- Japan -- Art; Fuji, Mount (Japan) -- In art; Wood-engraving, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868; Art, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868
Country: Japan
Local Identifier: NE1325.A5_F8_0023
Type: woodcuts (prints)
Collection: Japanese prints, illustrated books, and manuscripts
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:100599
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Title: Kanaya: Kanaya Slope and the Oi River/ 金谷金谷坂大井川 (Kanaya, Kanaya saka, Oigawa
Creator: Utagawa Hiroshige/ 歌川広重 (Signature: Hiroshige ga/ 広重画)
Description: Nishiki-e (Multicolored Print), ink and color on paper. A gently sloping hill lined with trees takes up the right side of the composition. Like other prints in the series, the hill is rendered in a green and yellow gradient that showcases the fukibokashi ink laying technique often used in Hiroshige prints. In the upper left, the roofs of a nearby village can be seen just above the slope of the hill. Further back is a body of water and mountains on the opposite shore.
Series: The Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road/ 東海道五十三次 (Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi)
Subject: Mountains -- Japan -- Art; Landscapes -- Japan -- Art; Wood-engraving, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868; Art, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868
Country: Japan
Local Identifier: NE1325.A5_T66_0026
Type: woodcuts (prints)
Collection: Japanese prints, illustrated books, and manuscripts
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:100763
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Title: Maisaka: View of Imagiri/ 舞阪今切真景 (Maisaka, Imagiri Shinkei)
Creator: Utagawa Hiroshige/ 歌川広重 (Signature: Hiroshige ga/ 広重画)
Description: Nishiki-e (Multicolored Print), ink and color on paper. The rugged peaks of Imagiri point jut out from the right side of the composition toward the center. At the far right, the faint white conical shape of Mount Fuji can be seen in the distance. In the foreground, a group of ship sails gathers in the lower right corner, to the left of those stakes sticking out of the water. Along the rocky shores, fishing boats are lined up in the water.
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)
Subject: Mountains -- Japan -- Art; Landscapes -- Japan -- Art; Wood-engraving, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868; Art, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868
Country: Japan
Local Identifier: NE1325.A5_T65_0043
Type: woodcuts (prints)
Collection: Japanese prints, illustrated books, and manuscripts
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:100713
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Title: Mariko: Selling the Famous Yam Soup at the Station/ 鞠子駅中名物とろゝ汁をひさぐ (Mariko, Ekichu meibutsu tororojiru o hisagu)
Creator: Utagawa Hiroshige/ 歌川広重 (Signature: Hiroshige ga/ 広重画)
Description: Nishiki-e (Multicolored Print), ink and color on paper. To the left travelers rest in a teahouse possibly enjoying the famous yam soup mentioned in the print’s title. Travelers pass by on the road, both mounted and on foot. Along the right side are more shops and eateries. Tall green trees and hills rise above the town in the background.
Series: Famous Sites of the Fifty-Three Stations/五十三次名所図会 (Gojusantsugi Meisho Zue)
Subject: Cities and towns -- Japan -- Art; Mountains -- Japan -- Art; Wood-engraving, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868; Art, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868
Country: Japan
Local Identifier: NE1325.A5_T64_0021
Type: woodcuts (prints)
Collection: Japanese prints, illustrated books, and manuscripts
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:100634
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Title: Minkushi: Pinetrees at Hiramatsuyama/ 水口平松山美松 (Minakuchi, Hiramatsuyama bisho)
Creator: Utagawa Hiroshige/ 歌川広重 (Signature: Hiroshige ga/ 広重画)
Description: Nishiki-e (Multicolored Print), ink and color on paper. A narrow path cuts through the middle of two hillsides covered in pine trees as mentioned in the print’s title. Halfway down the path is a lone traveler and further up is a man with his pack animal, carrying some kind of group on it’s back.
Series: The Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road/ 東海道五十三次 (Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi)
Subject: Mountains -- Japan -- Art; Landscapes -- Japan -- Art; Wood-engraving, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868; Art, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868
Country: Japan
Local Identifier: NE1325.A5_T66_0052
Type: woodcuts (prints)
Collection: Japanese prints, illustrated books, and manuscripts
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:100789
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Title: Nissaka: Distant View of Mukenzan from Sayononakayama/ 日阪小夜の中山無間山遠望 (Nissaka, Sayonoyamanaka Mukenzan enbo)
Creator: Utagawa Hiroshige/ 歌川広重 (Signature: Hiroshige ga/ 広重画)
Description: Nishiki-e (Multicolored Print), ink and color on paper. A tree lined road ascends across the composition with a teahouse nestled at the bottom left. Just beyond the road a chasm full of mist leads to a mountain range in the background.
Series: Famous Sites of the Fifty-Three Stations/五十三次名所図会 (Gojusantsugi Meisho Zue)
Subject: Tearooms -- Japan -- Art; Mountains -- Japan -- Art; Wood-engraving, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868; Art, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868
Country: Japan
Local Identifier: NE1325.A5_T64_0026
Type: woodcuts (prints)
Collection: Japanese prints, illustrated books, and manuscripts
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:100639
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Title: Nissaka: Sayo Moutain Pass/ 日坂佐夜之中山 (Nissaka, Sayo no nakayama)
Creator: Utagawa Hiroshige/ 歌川広重 (Signature: Hiroshige ga/ 広重画)
Description: Nishiki-e (Multicolored Print), ink and color on paper. A mountain path passes across the foreground and ascends steeply up the right side of the composition. Pine trees line the path, and some travelers stop to view a large boulder on the road. The rock is said to commemorate the murder of a woman whose ghost led the authorities to her murderer.
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)
Subject: Travelers -- Japan -- Art; Mountains -- Japan -- Art; Wood-engraving, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868; Art, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868
Country: Japan
Local Identifier: NE1325.A5_T65_0038
Type: woodcuts (prints)
Collection: Japanese prints, illustrated books, and manuscripts
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:100708
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Title: Nissaka/ 日阪
Creator: Utagawa Hiroshige/ 歌川広重 (Signature: Hiroshige ga/ 広重画)
Description: Nishiki-e (Multicolored Print), ink and color on paper. A mountain pass cuts between green tree covered hillsides. Along the pass are several rest stops and tea houses. A group of porters carrying luggage come down the path toward the foreground.
Series: The Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road/ 東海道五十三次 (Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi)
Subject: Rural roads -- Japan -- Art; Mountains -- Japan -- Art; Wood-engraving, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868; Art, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868
Country: Japan
Local Identifier: NE1325.A5_T67_0026
Type: woodcuts (prints)
Collection: Japanese prints, illustrated books, and manuscripts
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:100820
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Title: Odawara: The Sakawa River/ 小田原酒匂川 (Odawara, Sakawagawa)
Creator: Utagawa Hiroshige/ 歌川広重 (Signature: Hiroshige ga/ 広重画)
Description: Nishiki-e (Multicolored Print), ink and color on paper. A litter of travelers crosses the Sakawa river, some with the help of porters and others in palanquins. In the distance are vast rice and marshes leading back to a mountain range. At the base of the mountains are a set of stone walls and gates can be seen. This is the first version; there are only two figures on the nearby bank
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)
Subject: Rivers -- Japan -- Art; Mountains -- Japan -- Art; Wood-engraving, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868; Art, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868
Country: Japan
Local Identifier: NE1325.A5_T65_0021
Type: woodcuts (prints)
Collection: Japanese prints, illustrated books, and manuscripts
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:100691
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Title: Odawara: The Sakawa river/ 小田原酒匂川(Odawara, Sakawagawa)
Creator: Utagawa Hiroshige/ 歌川広重 (Signature: Hiroshige ga/ 広重画)
Description: Nishiki-e (Multicolored Print), ink and color on paper. A litter of travelers cross the Sakawa river, some with the help of porters and others in palanquin. In the distance are vast rice fields and marshes leading back to a mountain range. In the base of the mountains are a set of stone walls and gates can be seen. This is the third version of this print; it differs from the first two states by the inclusion of five figures on the near bank and pointed mountain tops rather than rounded.
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)
Subject: Rivers -- Japan -- Art; Mountains -- Japan -- Art; Wood-engraving, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868; Art, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868
Country: Japan
Local Identifier: NE1325.A5_T65_0020
Type: woodcuts (prints)
Collection: Japanese prints, illustrated books, and manuscripts
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:100690
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Title: Okabe: Mount Utsu/ 岡部宇津の山 (Okabe, Utsu no yama)
Creator: Utagawa Hiroshige/ 歌川広重 (Signature: Hiroshige ga/ 広重画)
Description: Nishiki-e (Multicolored Print), ink and color on paper. Travelers walk up a mountain path sandwiched between two hillsides. The composition is asymmetrical with more space given to the left hill offsetting the path to the right side. Bunches of trees dot the hills that are rendered in a striking yellow-green gradient that is representative of the use of Fukibokashi ink laying typically present in Hiroshige’s work.
Series: The Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road/ 東海道五十三次 (Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi)
Subject: Rural roads -- Japan -- Art; Mountains -- Japan -- Art; Wood-engraving, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868; Art, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868
Country: Japan
Local Identifier: NE1325.A5_T66_0023
Type: woodcuts (prints)
Collection: Japanese prints, illustrated books, and manuscripts
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:100760
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Title: Okabe: Utsu Mountains/岡部宇津之山 (Okabe, Utsu no yama)
Creator: Utagawa Hiroshige/ 歌川広重 (Signature: Hiroshige ga/ 広重画)
Description: Nishiki-e (Multicolored Print), ink and color on paper. Water rushes down the center of two steep hillsides. Travelers walk along the path on the left of the torrent. Down the road, the roofs of buildings indicate an upcoming village. The two hillsides are topped with pines and other trees.
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)
Subject: Travelers -- Japan -- Art; Mountains -- Japan -- Art; Wood-engraving, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868; Art, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868
Country: Japan
Local Identifier: NE1325.A5_T65_0034
Type: woodcuts (prints)
Collection: Japanese prints, illustrated books, and manuscripts
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:100704
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