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Akasaka: Inn with Serving Maids (Akasaka, ryosha shōfu no zu 赤坂旅舎招婦ノ図), from the series “Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō” (Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi 東海道五十三次之内),
ca. 1833–34 [Tenpō 4–5]

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重, 1797–1858
Published by Takenouchi Magohachi 竹内孫八

Japanese

Edo period, 1603–1868

x1983-34

The Tōkaidō Road was a three-hundred-mile route that connected the two most important cities in Edo-period (1600–1868) Japan: the capital city of Edo (present-day Tokyo) and Kyoto. Travel along the road was punctuated by fifty-five official stops or stations. As a major route for traders and tourists that was both functional and scenic, the Tōkaidō Road was a popular subject for Japanese artists during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Andō Hiroshige, one of the most famous Japanese woodblock print artists, returned to the subject multiple times. He first traveled and sketched the route in 1832. The following year he produced his celebrated series Fifty-Three Stations of the Tōkaidō. Its immense popularity led Hiroshige to create more than twenty further series on the subject before his death.

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Title

Akasaka: Inn with Serving Maids (Akasaka, ryosha shōfu no zu 赤坂旅舎招婦ノ図), from the series “Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō” (Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi 東海道五十三次之内)

Dates

ca. 1833–34 [Tenpō 4–5]

Maker

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Medium

Woodblock print (ōban yoko-e format); ink and color on paper

Dimensions

block: 21.9 x 34.3 cm. (8 5/8 x 13 1/2 in.) sheet: 24.4 x 36.3 cm. (9 5/8 x 14 5/16 in.) mat: 36.3 x 49 cm. (14 5/16 x 19 5/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Straka

Object Number

x1983-34

Place Made

Asia, Japan

Signatures

Signed lower right; title upper right

Marks/Labels/Seals

Publisher's seal: Hoeido

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo (Japanese period)

Type

woodblock prints, oban, prints, japanese printmaking styles

Materials

oban, color, paper, ink

Techniques

woodcut (process)

Subject

men, women, figures (representations), servants, roads, travelers, rooms, travel

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Japanese, Edo period (1603–1868), Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (1797–1858), Published by Takenouchi Magohachi 竹内孫八, Akasaka: Inn with Serving Maids (Akasaka, ryosha shōfu no zu 赤坂旅舎招婦ノ図), from the series “Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō” (Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi 東海道五十三次之内), ca. 1833–34 [Tenpō 4–5]. Woodblock print (ōban yoko-e format); ink and color on paper; 21.9 x 34.3 cm (block), 24.4 x 36.3 cm (sheet), 36.3 x 49 cm (mat). Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Straka (x1983-34) https://artmuseum-beta.princeton.edu/art/collections/objects/15459?field_tms_obj_subjects_target_id=51

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Akasaka: Inn with Serving Maids (Akasaka, ryosha shōfu no zu 赤坂旅舎招婦ノ図), from the series “Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō” (Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi 東海道五十三次之内),
ca. 1833–34 [Tenpō 4–5]

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