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Hakone: Kosui
Hakone: Kosui
Public domain: Image courtesy of the Worcester Art Museum.

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.
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Not on view
The Lake at Hakone (Hakone no kosui)
The Lake at Hakone (Hakone no kosui)
Utagawa Hiroshige I 歌川 広重
1858
The Lake at Hakone (Hakone no kosui)
The Lake at Hakone (Hakone no kosui)
Utagawa Hiroshige I 歌川 広重
1858
No. 54, Ōtsu: View of Lake Biwa and Town of Ōtsu from Kannon Hall of Mii Temple (Ōtsu, Miidera Kannondō yori Ōtsu no machi kosui chōbō)
No. 54, Ōtsu: View of Lake Biwa and Town of Ōtsu from Kannon Hall of Mii Temple (Ōtsu, Miidera Kannondō yori Ōtsu no machi kosui chōbō)
Utagawa Hiroshige I 歌川 広重
1855, 7th month
No. 11, Hakone: Traveling at Night in the Mountains (Hakone, sanchū yagyō no zu)
No. 11, Hakone: Traveling at Night in the Mountains (Hakone, sanchū yagyō no zu)
Utagawa Hiroshige I 歌川 広重
1855, 7th month
Ashinoyu from The Seven Hot Springs of Hakone
Ashinoyu from The Seven Hot Springs of Hakone
Utagawa Hiroshige I 歌川 広重
about 1847–1852
Kinokuni Hill and Distant View of Akasaka Tameike (Kinokunizaka Akasaka Tameike enkei)
Kinokuni Hill and Distant View of Akasaka Tameike (Kinokunizaka Akasaka Tameike enkei)
Utagawa Hiroshige I 歌川 広重
1857, 9th month
Dyers' Quarter, Kanda (Kanda Kon'ya-chō)
Dyers' Quarter, Kanda (Kanda Kon'ya-chō)
Utagawa Hiroshige I 歌川 広重
1857, 11th month
Fukagawa Lumberyards (Fukagawa Kiba)
Fukagawa Lumberyards (Fukagawa Kiba)
Utagawa Hiroshige I 歌川 広重
1856, 8th month
Atagoshita and Yabu Lane (Atagoshita Yabukōji)
Atagoshita and Yabu Lane (Atagoshita Yabukōji)
Utagawa Hiroshige I 歌川 広重
1857, 12th month
Viewing Cherry Flowers on Asukayama
Viewing Cherry Flowers on Asukayama
Utagawa Hiroshige I 歌川 広重
about 1853
The Five Pines on the Onagi Canal (Onagigawa Gohonmatsu)
The Five Pines on the Onagi Canal (Onagigawa Gohonmatsu)
Utagawa Hiroshige I 歌川 広重
1856, 7th month
Ryōgoku Ekōin and Moto-Yanagibashi Bridge (Ryōgoku Ekōin Moto-Yanagibashi Bridge)
Ryōgoku Ekōin and Moto-Yanagibashi Bridge (Ryōgoku Ekōin Moto-Yanagibashi Bridge)
Utagawa Hiroshige I 歌川 広重
1857, intercalary 5th month