träsnitt, bildkonst, woodblock, print, woodcut

NMG-1912-0484 A: Scener av berömda platser längs Tokaido-vägen: Textilfärgning (shibori-tekniker) i Arimatsu. Även Hiroshige I har avbildat denna plats.

NMG-1912-0484 B: Utagawa Hiroshige II: Yui, from the series Scenes of Famous Places along the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô meisho fûkei), also known as the Processional Tôkaidô (Gyôretsu Tôkaidô), here called Tôkaidô. 1863. /PH

Denna serie, som även kallas Tokaido meisho no uchi (Tokaidos sceniska platser) och Gyoretsu Tokaido (Procession genom Tokaido), var en av de mest omfattande bildproduktionerna under Edo-perioden. Den publicerades år 1863 och var ett samarbete mellan en mängd konstnärer, inklusive Hiroshige II samt flera andra inom Utagawa-skolan. Temat för serien var shogun Iemochis procession från Edo till Kyoto som vördnadsgest till kejsaren. Troligen kom den till på beställning av Iemochi för att bevara minnet av hans färd. /PH

NMG-1912-0484 A: Scenes of famous places along the Tokaido road: Tie-dyeing (shibori techniques) in Arimatsu. Series name in Japanese: Tokaido meisho fukei

This series, which is also called Tokaido meisho no uchi (The scenic places of Tokaido) and Gyoretsu Tokaido (Processional Tokaido), was one of the most extensive productions of the Edo period. It was published in 1863 and was a collaboration between a multitude of artists, including Hiroshige II and several others within the Utagawa school. The theme for the series was shogun Iemochi’s procession from Edo to Kyoto as a gesture of respect to the emperor. It likely came about through a commission from Iemochi to commemorate his journey. /PH