Block printing: Hiroshige's 53 stages of the Tokaido [007] Station 4, Hodogaya: Shinmachi Bridge (001)

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Title Block printing: Hiroshige's 53 stages of the Tokaido [007] Station 4, Hodogaya: Shinmachi Bridge (001)
Collection Name and Number P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection
Photo Number Box 24, Japan, Block Printing, Hiroshige Tokkaido, 3
Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Date 1949; 1950; 1951; 1952; 1953; 1954; 1955; 1956; 1957; 1958; 1959; 1960; 1961; 1962; 1963; 1964; 1965; 1966; 1967; 1968; 1969; 1970; 1971; 1972; 1973
Subject San Diego Museum of Art--Photographs; Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego--Photographs; Andō, Hiroshige, 1797-1858--Photographs; Block printing--Photographs; Ukiyoe--Photographs; Bridges--Art--Photographs; Men--Art--Photographs; Travelers--Art--Photographs; Women--Art--Photographs; Waitresses--Art--Photographs; Restaurants--Art--Photographs; Roads--Art--Photographs; Tōkaidō--Art--Photographs; Landscapes--Art--Photographs; Art; Ukiyoe
Keywords Aiban; Nishiki-e; Noodle shops; Tokaido; Oban
Spatial Coverage San Diego (Calif.)
Description Photograph of block print: "Hodogaya: Shinmachi Bridge" (Hodogaya, Shinmachi-bashi), (from series The Fifty-three Stages of the Tokaido, a series documenting the Tokaido road between Edo and Kyoto), circa 1833-34, by Utagawa (Ando) Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797-1858), nishiki-e, horizontal ôban or aiban, (approximate size, may vary) 23.8 x 36.6 cm (9 3/8 x 14 7/16 in.); Print number 5 in series of 55 prints (view of travelers crossing a bridge, greeted by waitresses from noodle shop); Series starts with point of departure (Edo) and ends with final destination (Kyoto) and includes 53 stations along route
Caption on Slide "Hodogaya: Shinmachi Bridge", (from series The Fifty-three Stages of the Tokaido, a series documenting the Tokaido road between Edo and Kyoto), circa 1833-34, by Utagawa (Ando) Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797-1858). Print number 5 in series of 55 prints. SDGAF 57:225
Additional Information Image scanned from color slide. Hiroshige's specialty was landscapes. Hiroshige's The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō (1833-1834) was inspired by his journey along the length of the route in 1832. Note: "Utagawa Hiroshige (歌川 広重, 1797 - October 12, 1858) was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist, and one of the last great artists in that tradition. He was also referred to as Andō Hiroshige (安藤 広重) (an irregular combination of family name and art name) and by the art name of Ichiyūsai Hiroshige (一幽斎廣重). … Hiroshige's The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō (1833-1834) and One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (1856-1858) greatly influenced French Impressionists such as Monet."--Wikipedia. Note: "Nishiki-e (lit. "brocade picture") refers to Japanese multi-colored woodblock printing; this technique is used primarily in ukiyo-e. It was invented in the 1760s...Previously, most prints had been in black-and-white, colored by hand, or colored with the addition of one or two color ink blocks. A nishiki-e print is created by carving a separate woodblock for every color, and using them in a stepwise fashion...in order to create a single complete image."--Wikipedia. Note: "Ōban: a print size [approximately] 10 x 15 inches (25 x 38 cm)."--Masterworks of Ukiyo-e…by Muneshige Narazaki, English translation by John Bester, page 21. Note: "Aiban: a print size [approximately] 9 x 13 inches (23 x 33 cm)."--Masterworks of Ukiyo-e…by Muneshige Narazaki, English translation by John Bester, page 21. Note: "In 1978, Trustees changed the name of the Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego to The San Diego Museum of Art."--San Diego Museum of Art website. Note: Original caption information provided as: "Hiroshige 1797-1858 Station No. 5 Hodogaya (53 Stations of Tokkaido) SDGAF 57:225"
Type Image
Creator Tierney, Lennox
Rights Management This material may be protected by copyright. Permission required for use in any form. For further information please contact the Multimedia Archivist, Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah.
Textual Date 1947-2004
ARK ark:/87278/s6zc8jq2
Digitization Specifications Original scanned on Nikon Coolscan 5000 and saved as 2700 ppi TIFF. Display image generated in CONTENTdm as JP2000.
Donor Lennox Tierney; Catherine Tierney
Setname uum_lctpc
ID 330697
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6zc8jq2
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