1833-34 (Tenpo 4-5)／Color woodblock print on paper
22.6 x 34.4 cm
From Edo to Modern Times: The Ukiyo-e Collection of the Tokyo Fuji Art Museum
Exhibition period：Saturday March 29～Sunday May 25, 2025
Soka Art Museum (Kaohsiung, Taiwan)
SUMMARY
A winding road between rice fields leading from Moto (“former”) Yoshiwara to Yoshiwara, with cherry blossoms lining its sides, was a famous viewing spot for the unusual sight of Mount Fuji on the left of the Tokaido. For this reason, it was known as “Left Fuji”. The other place with a similar view was Nango in Chigasaki. In this piece, three children are riding a horse, two of whom are excitedly looking towards the far left to see the silhouette of Mount Fuji showing itself. However, the third child’s head is drooping to the right side, perhaps drifting off to sleep. The portrayal of the scene is sweet and touching. This is now Fuji City, in Shizuoka.
ARTIST
Utagawa Hiroshige
1797-1858
At the age of 13, he inherited the family estate and lost his parents at the same time. At 15, he became a disciple of Utagawa Toyohiro, and took on the name Hiroshige. His teacher Toyohiro passed, and Hiroshige published Famous Places in the Eastern Capital in 1831, and the next year in 1832, published The Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido, which would be his masterpiece. This firmly established his status as a landscape artist. From that point on, he received commissions one after another, and worked on many pictures of famous places, rich in poetic sentiment, including The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kiso Kaido, co-created with Keisai Eisen. In his final years, he released the culmination of his artistic skill, One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, as his last crowning achievement.
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INFORMATION
Saturday, March 29 - Sunday, May 25, 2025
From Edo to Modern Times: The Ukiyo-e Collection of the Tokyo Fuji Art Museum Soka Art Museum (Kaohsiung, Taiwan)
Saturday, March 24 - Sunday, May 27, 2018
OEDO EXHIBITION NAGASAKI Nagasaki Prefectual Art Museum (Nagasaki, Japan)
Friday, February 4 - Sunday, March 27, 1994
Treasures of Japanese Art from the TFAM Collection The Art Gallery of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shatin, Hong Kong, China)
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