Hiroshige’s Views of Mount Fuji
A catalogue of the Ashmolean’s collection of woodblock print views of Mount Fuji by Hiroshige (1797-1858) by Oliver Impey (published Oxford, 2001).
Publications online: 20 objects
Yoshiwara: Fuji on the Left
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Literature notes
Yoshiwara is the fifteenth station on the Tokaido road (it has nothing to do with the Yoshiwara in Tokyo, the “pleasure quarter”). As the road doubles back here, Fuji is seen on the left, uniquely; Hiroshige’s print only hints at this. The views were always taken as if the traveller was moving southwards, from Edo to Kyoto, therefore Fuji is always on the right. -
Details
- Series
- The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road
- Associated place
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Asia › Japan › Honshū › Mount Fuji (subject)
- Date
- 1832 - 1834
- Artist/maker
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Utagawa Hiroshige I (1797 - 1858) (designer)
- Associated people
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Takenouchi Magohachi (active c. 1833 - 1850) (publisher)Jukakudō (c. 1804 - 1857) (publisher)
- Material and technique
- Nishiki-e, woodblock print, ink and colour on paper with bokashi (tonal gradation)
- Dimensions
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mount 40.2 x 55.5 cm (height x width)
print 22 x 34.9 cm (height x width)
- Material index
- Technique index
- Object type index
- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented by Mrs Allan and Mr and Mrs H. N. Spalding, 1952.
- Accession no.
- EAX.4271
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Further reading
Impey, Oliver, Hiroshige's Views of Mount Fuji: A Selection of Woodblock Print Views of Mount Fuji, Including Examples from the Series 'The Thirty-six views of Mount Fuji', of 1858-9, by Hiroshige, 1797-1858 (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2001), no. 19 on p. 13, illus. p. 31 pl. 19
Glossary
Yoshiwara
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Yoshiwara
The Yoshiwara was the licensed pleasure district in Edo (Tokyo), where courtesans resided.
Location
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- currently in research collection
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Publications online
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Hiroshige’s Views of Mount Fuji
Yoshiwara is the fifteenth station on the Tokaido road (it has nothing to do with the Yoshiwara in Tokyo, the “pleasure quarter”). As the road doubles back here, Fuji is seen on the left, uniquely; Hiroshige’s print only hints at this. The views were always taken as if the traveller was moving southwards, from Edo to Kyoto, therefore Fuji is always on the right.
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