Goyu: Number 36 from the first Tokaido Road series (1832-34)
Object NamePrint
Artist / Maker
Utagawa Hiroshige
(Japanese, 1797 - 1858)
Date1832-1834
MediumColor woodcut
Dimensions9" x 13 3/4" (22.8 x 34.9cm)
ClassificationsPrints and Printing Plates
Credit LineGift of Joanna M. Hansen. In the permanent collection, Brunnier Art Museum, University Museums, Iowa State University, Ames, IA.
Object numberUM82.38
Status
Not on viewCollections
CultureJapanese
Label TextThe "53 Stations of the Tokaido Road" is Hiroshige's trademark series. Hiroshige masterfully captured the average person's experience of the Japanese landscape as well as the varied moods of memorable places at different times. In this print, we see waitresses from competing inns along the main street of the town struggling to drag the last weary traveler of the day into their establishments. In the background, we see a cutaway view of one of the inns, where another traveler has already retired and is enjoying a hot foot bath after the long day's journey.
Locations
- (not entered) Iowa State University, Brunnier Main Storage
Object Name: Print
Ando Hiroshige
September 1856
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Object Name: Woodblock
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Object number: UM82.47
Object Name: Japanese Print
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1855
Object number: UM2008.466