Hakone: Kosui
Artist/Culture
Utagawa Hiroshige I 歌川 広重
(Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher
Sanoya Kihei 佐野屋 喜兵衛 (Kikakudō 喜鶴堂)
(Japanese)
Date1834
Mediumwoodblock print
Dimensions22.9 x 35.6 cm (9 x 14 in.)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineJohn Chandler Bancroft Collection
Object number1901.1047
Label TextHakone: The Lake (Kosui)
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 1901.1047
The jagged mountain passes at Hakone made travel very difficult. The long procession walking along the narrow path may be the annual shogunal procession that took gift horses to the emperor in Kyoto.On View
Not on view
Utagawa Hiroshige I 歌川 広重
1855, 7th month
Utagawa Hiroshige I 歌川 広重
1855, 7th month
Utagawa Hiroshige I 歌川 広重
2nd month ox year, 1853
