Arai: watari fune chakugan gosekisho (Arai: Ferry Boats Reaching the Shore, Checking Station)

Description

Colour woodblock print number 32 entitled Arai: watari fune chakugan gosekisho (Arai: Ferry Boats Reaching the Shore, Checking Station) from the series Gojūsan tsugi meisho zue (Famous Places Along the 53 Stations [of the Tōkaidō] Illustrated) depicting boats nearing the shore, with more approaching from the distance, and Mount Fuji behind: Japan, by Utagawa Hiroshige, 1855

Museum reference

A.595.52.25

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Woodblock print

Production information

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1797 - 1858, Artist
Japan, East Asia
Tsutaya, Publisher

Date

1855

Associations

Depicted: Tokaido (road), Honshu, Japan, East Asia
Depicted: Arai, Kosai-shi, Shizuoka-ken, Japan, East Asia