1840
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido: Hiratsuka is a 1840 by Utagawa Hiroshige, a Romanticism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This print shows a quiet riverside scene with a few small boats carrying people. On the shore, there are simple houses with thatched roofs and a few trees. In the background, a mountain looms under a soft blue sky. The writing on the print is Japanese, and the scene looks like a travel stop along a famous route. Look up Utagawa Hiroshige to see more prints like this one.
Utagawa Hiroshige (歌川 広重) or Andō Hiroshige (安藤 広重), born Andō Tokutarō (安藤 徳太郎; 1797 – 12 October 1858), was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist, considered the last great master of that tradition.
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