Wood Block Print 11)
28th Station: Mitsuke (Tenryuu, presently Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture)!
SYNOPSIS
Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese: 歌川 広重), also Andō Hiroshige (Japanese: 安藤 広重; 1797 – 12 October 1858) was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist, considered the last great master of that tradition.
Hiroshige is best known for his landscapes, such as the series The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō.
Although you can see all 53 wood block prints at the Hiroshige Museum in Yui, Shimizu Ku, Shizuoka City, did you know you can see 42 (that what I counted and took in pictures yesterday although I’ll double check today!) of them daily if you walk along Gofuku Cho Street?
Actually I double checked and found a few more!
Moreover, the indications to find them were slightly wrong!
You will find all these ukiyo-e and more from along Gofuku Cho Street in Aoi Ku, Shizuoka City, past the first crossing up the street from Gofuku Cho Scrmable, that is where Gofuku-Cho Street crosses the main Street called Egawa Street up the Shizuoka Bank headquarters!
Geisha Visage!
Actually, these ukiyo-e/Wood Block Prints by Hiroshige is only part of a whole city decoration concept including statues and benches made of similar material with Edo period “Characters” that I thought useful to show you before proceeding with the Wood Block Prints
Boy!
Pillared bench!
Dancing Geishas!
Edo Travelers!
Riding Boy!
Mount Fuji overlooking Shizuoka City, formerly called “Fuchu” or “Sumpu”!
Ball Bench!
Hole and rest Bench!
Ring Bench!
Handle Bench!
Alright, let me take you back to the Wood Block Prints!
Pedestal 11) Two-sword Samurai!
Wood Block Print 11)
28th Station: Mitsuke (Tenryuu, presently Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture)!
Pedestal 12) Traveling Woman!
Wood Block Print 129
30th Station: Maisaka (presently part of Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture)!
Pedestal 13) Porter!
Wood Block Print 13)
31st Station: Arai (presently part of Kosai City, Shizuoka Prefecture)!
pedestal 14) Sitting Woman!
Wood Block Print 14)
35th Station: Yoshida (presently part of Toyohashi City, Aichi Prefecture)!
Pedestal 15) Woman with Umbrella!
Wood Block print 15)
36th Station: Akasaka (presently in Toyokawa City, Aichi Prefecture)!
Pedestal 16) Traveling Samurais!
Wood Block Print 16)
39th Station: Chiryu (Chiru City, Aichi Prefecture)!
Pedestal 17) Wooden Sword Fencing Practice!
Wood Block print 17)
41st Station: Miya (presently part of Atsuta ku, Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture)!
Pedestal 18) Porter!
Wood Block Print 18)
43rd Station: Yokkaichi (Yokkaichi City, mie Prefecture)!
Pedestal 19) Sword dancer?
Wood Block print 19)
46th Station: Kameyama (Kameayama City, Mie Prefecture)!
Pedestal 20) Child dancer?
Wood Block Print 20)
52nd Station: Kusatsu (Kusatsu City, Shiga Prefecture)!
To be continued…
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