Hiroshige's woodcut at top, with present-day views below
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Hiroshige's Tokai Road: View 52
Hiroshige depicts a village scene with women in the foreground hanging strips of kampyo, or dried gourd shavings. The second photo shows bundled kampyo. The lower two photos show dishes made with kampyo, with the vegetable used as a tie in the bottommost.
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Hiroshige's Tokai Road: View 53
A traveler along the Tokai Road in reverse, from Kyoto to Edo, might have stayed at the Ishibeya, depicted at top, about a day's journey from Kyoto. The second photo shows the present-day Ishibeya, while the photo at bottom shows traditional structures in the village, located in Shiga Prefecture.
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Hiroshige: "53 Stops on the Toaki Road": View 54
View 54 shows a tea shop in Otsu, the last stop on the Tokai road before Kyoto.
The second photo shows another of Hiroshige's pictures of the same scene.
Hiroshige's "Fifty-three Stops on the Tokai Road": View 55
# 55: The Great Sanjo Bridge, Kyoto
Hiroshige stood on the western bank of the Kamo River and painted this, the final stop of his series that contained 55 views in all. He faced east, in the direction of Edo, the capital of the Tokugawa Shogunate and the start of the nearly 500 km long Tokai road, whose end he had reached.
The Great Sanjo Bridge today.
Another Woodcut Master: Hiroshige
Compare Hiroshige's work with that of Hokusai (in the following post).
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Hokusai
Sunday, January 17, 2010
Getting to Kyoto: The Kitaguni
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