No.7 "Fujisawa: Yugyoji" from the series Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido
Fine Arts The Japanese Prints: Ancient and Modern
Item Info
Source: Print and Picture Collection
Notes:
"Fujisawa, which is about four miles from Tatsuka, was famous in the Edo period as the location of the Yugyo-ji, a temple establiched in 1325 , and as the approach to Enoshima, an islan just off the nearby coast which could be reached on foot at low tide. The Yugyo-ji was one of the greatest centers of Buddhism along the Tokaido, while Enoshima was the center of the cult deity named Benzaiten. For this reason, the town was a constantly thronged with religious pilgrims."
from "The Fifty-Three Stages of the Tokaido by Hiroshige", Tokyo, Japan. Heibonsha Ltd., Publishers, 1960. plate 7
https://catalog.freelibrary.org/Record/125651
Notes:
note card with print
Station 7
Fujisawa: Yugyoji. Officially known as Shojokoji, this temple was founded in 1325 to be the central seat of an itinerant sect of Buddhist priests. The giant ginko tree still towers over the temple grounds. Shown here a group of blind men are approaching the huge torri in the forground that indicates the beginning of the road to the Enoshima Benten, another place of pilgrimage. In ancient times, the locality was known as Togamigahara and was the subject of a number of poems such as "Passing throught Togamigahara, I hear the cry of a deer carried by the wind that blows through the dew-covered wild grass."
Bibliography:
https://catalog.freelibrary.org/Record/2030739
https://catalog.freelibrary.org/Record/703108
https://catalog.freelibrary.org/Record/370941
https://catalog.freelibrary.org/Record/125651
https://www.hiroshige.org.uk/Tokaido_Series/Tokaido_Great.htm
Creation Year: ca. 1833
Image Dimensions Width: 23 cm
Call Number: Woodblock Prints - The Fifty-three Stations of the T?kaid? Road
Creator Name: Hiroshige, Utagawa, 1797-1858 - Artist
No.1 "Nihonbashi: Morning Scene" from the series Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido 
No.4 "Kanagawa: View of the Embankment" from the series Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido 
No. 6 "Totsuka motomachi Fork" from the series Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido 
No.7 "Fujisawa: Yugyoji" from the series Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido
No.9 "Oiso: Tora's Rain" from the series Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido 
No.10 "Odawara: Sakawa River" from the series Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido 
No.11 "Hakone" from the series Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido 
No. 14 Hara: Mount Fuji in the Morning from the series Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido 
No. 15 Yoshiwara: Fuji on the Left from the series Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido 
No. 16 "Night Snow" from the series Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido 
No. 18 "Okitsu: Okitsu River" from the series Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido 
No.26 "Nissaka: Sayo Moutain Pass" from the series Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido 
No.27 Kakegawa: View of Akiba from the series Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido 
No.28 "Outdoor Tea-stall at Fukuroi" from the series Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido 
No. 31 "Maisaka: Veiw of Imagiri" from the series Fifty-Three stations of the Tokaido 
No.32 "Arai: Ferry Boats" from the series Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido 
No. 35 "Yoshida: The Toyokawa River Bridge" from the series Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido 
No. 37 "Akasaka: Inn with Serving Maids" from the series Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido 
No.38 "Fujikawa: Scene at Post Outskirts" from the series Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido 
No.41 "Narumi: Famous Cloth of Arimatsu" from the series Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido 
No.43 "Kuwana: Shichiri Crossing" from the series Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido 
After No. 46 "A Sudden Shower at Shono" from the series Fifty-Three stations of the Tokaido 
After "A Sudden Shower at Shono" from the series Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido 
No.48 "Seki: Early Departure from the Honjin" from the series Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido 
No. 50 "Tsuchiyama: Spring Rain" from the series Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido 
No. 51 "Minakuchi: Famous Dried Gourd Shavings from the series Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido 
No. 52 "Ishibe: The Village of Megawa" from the series Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido 
No. 53 "Kusatsu: Famous Post House" from the series Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido 
No.55 "Kyoto: The Great Sanjo Bridge" from the series Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido 
No.21 "Mariko: Famous Tea Shop" from the series Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido 
"Hakone" from the series Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido