| Title |
Block printing: Hiroshige's 53 stages of the Tokaido [036] Station 25, Nissaka: Sayo Mountain Pass (001) |
| Photo Number |
Box 63, Tokaido Left Screen, 30 |
| Description |
Photograph of block print: "Nissaka: Sayo Mountain Pass" (Nissaka, Sayo no nakayama), (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, (approximate size, may vary) 25.6 x 38.3 cm (10 1/16 x 15 1/16 in.); Print number 26 in series of 55 prints (view of mountain pass with 'weeping stone', said to have been witness to the murder of a pregnant woman; Kannon (goddess) saved the child, as a priest took child from body to be raised by another); Series starts with point of departure (Edo) and ends with final destination (Kyoto) and includes 53 stations along route |
| Creator |
Tierney, Lennox |
| Date |
1973 |
| Subject |
Andō, Hiroshige, 1797-1858--Photographs; Block printing--Japan--Photographs; Ukiyoe--Japan--Photographs; Mountains--Art--Photographs; Travelers--Art--Photographs; Stone--Art--Photographs; Roads--Art--Photographs; Tōkaidō--Art--Photographs; Landscapes--Art--Photographs; Art; Ukiyoe |
| Keywords |
Nishiki-e; Tokaido; Oban |
| Collection Name and Number |
P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection |
| Holding Institution |
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Caption on Slide |
"Nissaka: Sayo Mountain Pass", (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). This is print number 26 in series of 55 prints (view of mountain pass with "weeping stone", said to have been witness to the murder of a pregnant woman; Kannon (goddess) saved the child, as a priest took child from body to be raised by another). |
| 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: Original caption provided as: "Nissaka Hiroshige Utagawaa 1797-1858 (Ando) # 26 in 53 stages of Tokaido Rd. Ser of 1833-34 "night weeping stone" (Yonaiishi at center part of a legend about a preg. woman murdered here bybandits. Kannon appeared as a priest took child from body to be raised by another. Stone weeps at night in sorrow." |
| Type |
Image |
| 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. |
| Rights |
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| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6gf1bfp |
| Digitization Specifications |
Original scanned on Nikon Coolscan 5000 and saved as 2700 ppi TIFF. Display image generated in CONTENTdm as JP2000. |
| Donor |
Tierney, Lennox; Tierney, Catherine |
| Setname |
uum_lctpc |
| ID |
340043 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6gf1bfp |
