東海道五十三次 戸塚|Totsuka
ca. 1840
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Overall: 8 3/4 x 13 3/4in. (22.2 x 34.9cm)
Classification
Prints
Culture & Period
Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Francis Lathrop Collection, Purchase, Frederick C. Hewitt Fund, 1911
Accession Number
JP756
Tags
Art Historical Context
Utagawa Hiroshige's *Totsuka*, from his renowned series *The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō* (ca. 1840), captures the27th post station along Japan's historic coastal highway linking Edo (modern Tokyo) to Kyoto during the Edo period1615–1868). This woodblock print depicts everyday life amid a dramatic landscape of mountains, trees, and human figures,oking the journey's blend of natural beauty and traveler's toil. Produced in an era when such prints fueled a booming ukiyo-e ("pictures of the floating world") culture, the series celebrated the Tōkaidō's cultural and economic lifeline, making...
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...