Miyanokoshi
Woodblock Print
1835-1844 (Made)
1835-1844 (Made)
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This print is from the series The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaidô Highway. Hiroshige collaborated on this series with the artist Keisai Eisen.
In this print, Hiroshige captures figures in the mist at Miyanokoshi, the thirty-sixth 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.
The lack of outline and soft colours give the landscape in the middle and far distance of this print an other-worldly glow. In the foreground, a family crosses a bridge, while in the distance, the silhouette of a farmer can be seen through the evening gloom.
In this print, Hiroshige captures figures in the mist at Miyanokoshi, the thirty-sixth 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.
The lack of outline and soft colours give the landscape in the middle and far distance of this print an other-worldly glow. In the foreground, a family crosses a bridge, while in the distance, the silhouette of a farmer can be seen through the evening gloom.
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| Materials and techniques | Colour print from woodblocks |
| Brief description | Woodblock print by Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) from the series The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido Road, Miyanokoshi, Japanese, 1834-1842.; Pap, Japan, prints |
| Physical description | Single sheet print, colours on paper |
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| Credit line | Given by Mrs Sydney D. Aris |
| Object history | This work was given to the V&A by Sydney Dorothy Aris (1884-1966) who was born in Manra Island in Kiribati, the daughter of John T Arundel (1841-1919) who had various business interests in the Pacific including the mining of guano and phosphates. Arundel and his wife Lillie named their daughter for her place of birth, Manra being known as Sydney Island at the time. It is not known how Mrs Aris acquired her Japanese objects, but in correspondence with the museum she mentions knowing Thomas B Blow who lived in Kyoto from 1906 to at least 1914 and supplied Japanese objects to many collectors in Europe. However, it is quite likely that this work was acquired in Britain or Europe where Japanese paintings and prints were circulating in great numbers by the late 19th-early 20th century. |
| Summary | This print is from the series The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaidô Highway. Hiroshige collaborated on this series with the artist Keisai Eisen. In this print, Hiroshige captures figures in the mist at Miyanokoshi, the thirty-sixth 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. The lack of outline and soft colours give the landscape in the middle and far distance of this print an other-worldly glow. In the foreground, a family crosses a bridge, while in the distance, the silhouette of a farmer can be seen through the evening gloom. |
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| Accession number | E.392-1954 |
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| Record created | March 25, 2009 |
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