Artwork preview

Yoshida, from the series The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road

Utagawa Hiroshige

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Woodblock print with a beige border. A bridge with railings spans a body of dark blue water. Four people on foot and two on horseback cross the bridge from left to right. The two people on the right of the bridge are fishing. Four floating rafts are in the water on the right. A tree line runs horizontally across the center background. A cluster of buildings with blue roofs is on the right. A pink and orange sky meets a line of clouds at the horizon. Japanese characters are written vertically on the top and right side and horizontally on the top center. A red seal is on the top left.

Artwork details

Date:
early 20th century
Medium:
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
599 × 463 px
Museum record:
View original
Palette

You May Also Like

Yoshida; Toyokawa-Bashi, Toyokawa Bridge
Yoshida, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)," also known as the Tokaido with Poem (Kyoka iri Tokaido)
Yokkaichi, from the series The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road
東海道五十三次 藤枝
Hamamatsu, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)," also known as the Tokaido with Poem (Kyoka iri Tokaido)
東海道五十三次 日本橋
東海道五十三次之内 荒井
Full Moon Over Canal, with Bridge and Huge Stacks of Bamboo along the Bank
Shirasuka,  from the series The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road
Nihon Bashi
Okazaki
東海道五十三次 平塚
Yoshida: Great Bridge on the Toyo River (Yoshida, Toyokawa ohashi), no. 35 from the series "Famous Sights of the Fifty-three Stations (Gojusan tsugi meisho zue)," also known as the Vertical Tokaido
Returning Sails at Kanazawa, View of Nojima from Seto Bridge (Kanazawa kihan, Setobashi yori Nojima no zu), from the series "Eight Views of Famous Places (Meisho hakkei)"
東海道五十三次 川崎
Nihonbashi, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)," also known as the Tokaido with Poem (Kyoka iri Tokaido)
Ichikoku Bridge in the Eastern Capital (Toto Ichikokubashi), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fuji sanjurokkei)"
東海道五十三次 掛川
Poem by Sarumaru Dayū, from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)
Hamamatsu
東海道五十三次 か奈川
東海道五十三次 藤澤
Kawasaki: The Rokugo Ferry (Kawasaki, Rokugo watashibune), from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi)," also known as the Hoeido Tokaido
東海道五十三次 浜松