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Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III)Okazaki1852
1852
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Series: Actors from the 53 Stations of the Tokaido. Station 2.
Date: 1852 (rat 5).
Actor: Nakamura Utaemon IV.
Role: (Karaki) Masaemon.
Publisher: Iseya Kanekichi.
Censors' seals: Hama, Magome.
Carver: Horitake.
Signed: Toyokuni ga.
Size: vertical oban (14 x 10).
Good color and condition. Gauffrage (embossing)in the bridge.
Of all the routes in Japan, the ancient Tokaido Road became the most important and consequently the most drawn by artists. The road itself connects Tokyo (Edo) with the Imperial and spiritual capital Kyoto. Established by Buddhist monks in the 8th century, it was not fully developed or officially sanctioned until the rule of the Tokugawa Shogunate in 1601. Fifty-three stations were established as resting points along the route, each with inns and shops and official residences. Travel along the Tokaido was tortuous right up until the late nineteenth century. The majority of the route was passable only on foot, by mule or human carrier. Rivers were forded by porters carrying pedestrians either on their backs or on rafts. The route was well travelled by the 250 Daimyo (feudal lords) who were expected to travel to Edo to pay respect to the Shogun every few years. The reciprocal journey to the Emperor in Kyoto was occasionally made by the Shogun.
An artist such as Kunisada was almost exclusively a theater artist. but in 1853 he made a series of prints based on Hiroshige's Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road .He used actors in three-quarter portrait as the foreground motif. The debt to Hiroshige is in the landscape portion - some of the prints in the series remain direct transcriptions. The series was overwhelmingly successful. Woodblock printing really hit its stride with this set. They were hugely popular (the most popular print series ever produced) and the quality and the complexity of the printing and diverse techniques was outstanding.
Details
- ArtistUtagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (1786-1864, Japanese)
- Creation Year1852
- DimensionsHeight: 20 in. (50.8 cm)Width: 16 in. (40.64 cm)Depth: 2 in. (5.08 cm)
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- Gallery LocationStorrs, CT
- Reference Number1stDibs: LU33521523753
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