Kawasaki: Rokugo Ferry (Tosen)
Artist
Utagawa Hiroshige I 歌川 広重
(Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisherpublished by
Sanoya Kihei 佐野屋 喜兵衛 (Kikakudō 喜鶴堂)
(Japanese)
Date1834
Mediumwoodblock print
Dimensions22.5 x 35.2 cm (8 7/8 x 13 7/8 in.)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineJohn Chandler Bancroft Collection
Terms
Object number1901.1037.1
Label TextKawasaki: Ferry at Rogug (Rokug watashi-bune)
from 53 Stations on the T kaid
And Hiroshige 1797-1858
Multicolor woodblock print, ban
Artist signature: Hiroshige ga
Censor's seal: kiwame
Publisher: Takemago, Tsuruki
John Chandler Bancroft Collection 1901.1037
A man is paying his fare at the toll booth as people wait on the ferry's deck. The travelers are provincial merchants going to Edo and a woman going to pray at Daishi Temple (Heigenji). For those coming to Edo, this ferry crossing signified the end of their journey. Edoites, however, thought they were entering a "foreign land" at the Rokug ferry in Kawasaki.On View
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