No. 15, Itahana
Woodblock Print
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This print is from the series 'The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaidô Highway'. Eisen collaborated on this series with the artist Utagawa Hiroshige.
Eisen depicts Itahana, the fourteenth station on the Kisokaidô Highway. Centuries of peace during the Edo period, and the development of a sophisticated highway network, fostered a culture of mass travel in Japan. The Kisokaidô Highway ran east to west over the inland mountains and images of scenic spots along its route served as cheap and easy souvenirs.
With its wide angle and low horizon, the composition of this unsigned print shows Eisen’s adoption of western pictorial techniques conveyed to Japan through the activities of Chinese and Dutch traders.
Eisen depicts Itahana, the fourteenth station on the Kisokaidô Highway. Centuries of peace during the Edo period, and the development of a sophisticated highway network, fostered a culture of mass travel in Japan. The Kisokaidô Highway ran east to west over the inland mountains and images of scenic spots along its route served as cheap and easy souvenirs.
With its wide angle and low horizon, the composition of this unsigned print shows Eisen’s adoption of western pictorial techniques conveyed to Japan through the activities of Chinese and Dutch traders.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Woodblock print on paper |
| Brief description | Woodblock print, 'No. 15, Itahana' from the series 'The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaidō Road' by Keisai Eisen (1790-1848), Edo (Tokyo), Japan. |
| Physical description | Pictorial landscape scene, Itahana, the fourteenth station on the Kisokaidō Highway. |
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| Object history | Purchased from S. M. Franck & Co., accessioned in 1886. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Asia Department registers, as part of a 2022 provenance research project. |
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| Summary | This print is from the series 'The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaidô Highway'. Eisen collaborated on this series with the artist Utagawa Hiroshige. Eisen depicts Itahana, the fourteenth station on the Kisokaidô Highway. Centuries of peace during the Edo period, and the development of a sophisticated highway network, fostered a culture of mass travel in Japan. The Kisokaidô Highway ran east to west over the inland mountains and images of scenic spots along its route served as cheap and easy souvenirs. With its wide angle and low horizon, the composition of this unsigned print shows Eisen’s adoption of western pictorial techniques conveyed to Japan through the activities of Chinese and Dutch traders. |
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| Accession number | E.3774-1886 |
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| Record created | November 7, 2006 |
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