Hakone: View of the Lake (Hakone, kosui no zu), from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi)," also known as the Hoeido Tokaido
c. 1833/34
Medium
Color woodblock print; oban
Dimensions
24.8 × 36.5 cm (9 3/4 × 14 3/8 in.)
Classification
woodblock print
Department
Arts of Asia
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
33884
Art Historical Context
Utagawa Hiroshige *Hakone: View of the Lake (Hak, kosui no zu)* is a captivating color woodblock print from his renowned series *Fifty-three Stations the Tokaido Road (Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi)*, also called the Hoeido Tokaido, around 1833–34. This iconic ukiyo-e series depicts the 53 post stations along the historic Tokaido route connecting Edo (modern Tokyo) to Kyoto, a vital coastal highway during the Edo period (1603–1868). Hiroshige, a master of the genre, immortalized these landscapes and traveler scenes, blending everyday life with poetic natural beauty. Printed in the large oban ...
About the Artist
Utagawa Hiroshige · 1826–1869
Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858), born Andō Tokutarō, was the last great master of Japanese ukiyo-e woodblock printmaking and one of the most influential landscape artists in history. Born in Edo (modern Tokyo) into a low-ranking samurai family serving as fire wardens, Hiroshige transformed landscape printmaking into a poetic meditation on nature, weather, and everyday life. His revolutionary approac...