No. 52 "Ishibe: The Village of Megawa" 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:
"Ishibe was about five miles west of Mizuguchi. Hiroshige's picture is not of Ishibe itself, but of a village named Menokawa, between Ishibe and Kusatsu. The special dishes served in this district were bean curd coated with bean paste and rice boiled with leafy vegetables. The building shown here is a shop selling these delicacies.
As in the previous picture, Hiroshige seems to have been working from a model that appeared in the Famous Places on the Tokaido, Illustrated. In this instance, even the name of the shop, Iseya, is the same. Still, the trees and the distant mountains are Hiroshige's own additions."
from "The Fifty-Three Stages of the Tokaido by Hiroshige", Tokyo, Japan. Heibonsha Ltd., Publishers, 1960. plate 52
https://catalog.freelibrary.org/Record/125651
Notes:
note card with print
Station 52
Ishibe: The Village of Mekawa. Hiroshige has chosen for this print not the station itself but the village that lay between Ishibe and the following station. Here travelers are seen eating and drinking under the eaves of an inn, called Iseya, fastooned with red and blue sake flags, while other travelers pass in front of the inn - two women followed by a group of extremely jolly men who have presumably had their full share of sake. Hiroshige's use of the Shijo style is evident in his protrayl of the trees and the distant mountains.
Bibliography:
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https://catalog.freelibrary.org/Record/370941
https://catalog.freelibrary.org/Record/703108
https://catalog.freelibrary.org/Record/2030739
https://www.hiroshige.org.uk/Tokaido_Series/Tokaido_Great.htm
Creation Year: ca. 1833
Image Dimensions Width: 22.1 cm
Call Number: Woodblock Prints - The Fifty-three Stations of the T?kaid? Road
Creator Name: Hiroshige, Utagawa, 1797-1858 - Artist
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