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Nihonbashi: View of Dawn Clouds
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Description
Hiroshige’s Tōkaidō series of 1855 is known as the ‘Vertical’ Tōkaidō because of its upright format. This view of Nihonbashi, the ‘Bridge of Japan’, is the first in the series. The bridge was the starting point of the Tōkaidō. Behind the bridge to the right is Edo Castle, home of the ruling Tokugawa shoguns. It is depicted as a powerful presence overseeing the city. On the river below fishing boats make their way to the busy market in the foreground.
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Details
- Series
- Famous Sights of the Fifty-three Stations
- Associated place
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Asia › Japan › Honshū › Tōkaidō road (subject)
- Date
- designed 1855
- Artist/maker
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Utagawa Hiroshige I (1797 - 1858) (designer)
- Associated people
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Kōeidō (active c. 1830 - 1880) (publisher)Tsutaya Kichizō (active c. 1830 - 1880) (publisher)
- Material and technique
- woodblock print, with bokashi (tonal gradation)
- Dimensions
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mount 55.5 x 40.2 cm (height x width)
print 36 x 24.5 cm (height x width)
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented by Mrs Allan and Mr and Mrs H. N. Spalding, 1952.
- Accession no.
- EAX.4849
Past Exhibition
see (1)-
Hiroshige's Japan: Fifty-Three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road
(from 9th Dec 2014 until 16th Feb 2015)
Location
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- currently in research collection
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