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Station 29: Mitsuke

Kunisada I (Toyokuni III), 1854, Wood cut
Station 29: Mitsuke
Station 29: Mitsuke
Station 29: Mitsuke
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Item no
16275
Title
Fifty-three stations by two brushes (Sohitsu gojusantsugi). Station 29: Mitsuke.
Description
In this print two travellers, a man and a woman, smoke pipes while they rest. The woman is dressed in a blue kimono with a wave inspired design. Her samurai companion has a navy coat and carries a long sword at his waist. Both travellers wear wide brimmed straw hats and straw sandals.
In the background inset, Hiroshige depicts punt boats crossing the Tenryu River. This river flowed swiftly and could not be crossed on foot; this meant that travellers were obliged to wait on the sandbar in the middle of the river for boats to take them across. In Hiroshige's Hoeido series, boatmen are pictured waiting at the sandbar for new passengers to arrive while distant boats are kept busy ferrying travellers across.
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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Price
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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