Odawara Station: Minamoto Yoritomo Visits the Daughter of Ito Nyudo (from the series Fifty-three Paired Illustrations for the Tokaido)
1844
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
1844
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
This print shows two women in a snowy garden. One woman in gray stands near a wooden building, holding a fan. The other, dressed in bright red and blue, sits on a low platform, looking away. Snow falls softly around pine trees, and a lantern hangs inside the building. The black-and-white circle at the top has writing in Japanese, and the right side has more text in bold white letters. The scene looks like a quiet moment in a winter garden, with careful attention to the women’s robes and the snow’s texture. Look up Utagawa Kuniyoshi next to see more of his dramatic, story-filled prints.
