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Subject:Woodblock Print The 53 Stations of the Tōkaidō
Posted By: Mary A. Tue, Mar 06, 2018 IP: 2606:a000:804c:1500:

Could anyone help me identify the artist and time period of this woodblock print?







Subject:Re: Woodblock Print The 53 Stations of the Tōkaidō
Posted By: Stan Fri, Mar 09, 2018

Your print is repro of a print by Hiroshige I and is Station #25 (Kanaya: The Far Bank of the Ôi River (Kanaya, Ôigawa engan)) from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsugi no uchi), also known as the First Tôkaidô or Great Tôkaidô.

The original was printed 1833/34. Here is an original at the Boston MFA:

http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/kanaya-the-far-bank-of-the-%C3%B4i-river-kanaya-%C3%B4igawa-engan-from-the-series-fifty-three-stations-of-the-t%C3%B4kaid%C3%B4-t%C3%B4kaid%C3%B4-goj%C3%BBsan-tsugi-no-uchi-also-known-as-the-first-t%C3%B4kaid%C3%B4-or-great-t%C3%B4kaid%C3%B4-232716

Cheers,
Stan

Subject:Re: Woodblock Print The 53 Stations of the Tōkaidō
Posted By: Mary A. Sat, Mar 10, 2018

Thanks Stan. An envelope was with the print (photo attached). I should have included this with the original posting. I feel quite ignorant on this subject. Who is Ichiryusai Hiroshige? When was this reproduction produced?



Subject:Re: Woodblock Print The 53 Stations of the Tōkaidō
Posted By: Stan Mon, Mar 12, 2018

See the link at the bottom for the Wikipedia page for Hiroshige. See the link here for the Wikipedia page on the Tokaido Road:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C5%8Dkaid%C5%8D_(road)

If you want to travel the 53 Stations of Hiroshige's (Great) Tokaido road, go to this link:

http://www.hiroshige.org.uk/hiroshige/Tokaido_Series/Tokaido_Great.htm

Click on each station picture for a larger version.

From the label, it looks like they send you the Hiroshige print and a current picture/photo of the matching station every month. Actually, I'd be interested to see the current locations compared to the prints.

I can't tell for sure when your print was made, but I'd guess that this was a promotion in the mid 1900s. My guess is based on the phone number, which (to me) appears to predate the current international phone system.

Cheers,
Stan

URL Title :Hiroshige



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