Nagakubo (Station 28) from the series Sixty-Nine Stations of the Kisokaido (1835 or 1836): Art, History and Details

Nagakubo (Station 28) from the series Sixty-Nine Stations of the Kisokaido (1835 or 1836) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797–1858).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

The inland road connecting Edo (present-day Tokyo) and Kyoto, the Kisokaidō had 69 post stations, similar to contemporary freeway rest areas. These prints of the mountainous Kisokaidō offered urban print collectors views of scenic spots without the inconveniences of travel. Moonlight silhouettes travelers leaving the Nagakubo station, while a figure with a walking stick approaches it across the Wada Bridge. In the foreground, a man leading his weary horse gazes at the moon while children play with dogs.

Object facts

• Title: Nagakubo (Station 28) from the series Sixty-Nine Stations of the Kisokaido
• Date: 1835 or 1836
• Creator attribution: Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797–1858)
• Culture: Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
• Type: Print
• Technique: color woodblock print
• Dimensions: Sheet: 22.8 x 35.4 cm (9 x 13 15/16 in.)
• Collection: Japanese Art
• Department: Japanese Art
• Accession number: 1942.144

Collection credit

Gift of Mrs. Henry S. Upson

Further reading listed by the museum

• Hollis, Howard. "Upson Gift to the Oriental Department." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 30, no. 6 (June 1943): 100–101.

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