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The Imagire Ferry at Maizaka
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Description
The seaside post town of Maizaka was once connected to the next station by a strip of land, but in 1499 the Tōkaidō here was washed away by a great tidal wave. After this travellers used the ferry.
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Details
- Series
- Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō
- Associated place
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Asia › Japan › Honshū › Tōkaidō road › Maizaka (subject)
- Date
- 1840 - 1842
- Artist/maker
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Utagawa Hiroshige I (1797 - 1858) (designer)
- Associated people
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Kikakudō (active c.1800 - 1875) (publisher)Sanoya Kihei (active c. 1801 - 1878) (publisher)
- Material and technique
- woodblock print, with bokashi (tonal gradation)
- Dimensions
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mount 27.7 x 40.6 cm (height x width)
print 16.2 x 22.2 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.4420
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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