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Station 23: Fujieda

Kunisada I (Toyokuni III), 1854, Wood cut
Station 23: Fujieda
Station 23: Fujieda
Station 23: Fujieda
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Item no
16269
Title
Fifty-three stations by two brushes (Sohitsu gojusantsugi). Station 23: Fujieda
Description
In this print a woman is seated in a kago and is bourn along on the shoulders of palanquin bearers. She is dressed in a purple, grey and brown striped kimono and she wears a scarf over her head to keep the dust from her hair. The woman is shown emptying the tobacco from her pipe.
The palanquin bearer is dressed in a blue and white lightweight yukata and a black loincloth. His legs are bear and he wears rope sandals on his feet.
In the background inset, Hiroshige depicts travellers wading across a shallow river. One traveller leads their horse across to the not-so-distant bank. Hiroshige's Hoeido edition concentrates upon the bustle between porters and travellers as luggage is removed from horseback and taken up by couriers. However, in his other Tokaido print series he focuses upon the travellers' various methods of traversing the river.
Artist / maker
Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
Engraver
Hori Take (Yokogawa Takejiro)
Date
1854
Size
36 x 24.8 cm
Type
Location
Art and Design Library
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Digital FileElectronic file 72 dpi JPEG
£5.80(inc. VAT 20%)
Digital FileElectronic File 300 dpi TIFF
£29.40(inc. VAT 20%)
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