Hodogaya Station on the Tōkaidō Road, Travelers Passing a Row of Pines
Katsushika HOKUSAI 葛飾北斎
(Japanese, 1760-1849)
Hodogaya Station on the Tōkaidō Road, Travelers Passing a Row of Pines
Dateca. 1829-1833
Mediumcolor woodblock print on paper
Dimensionssheet: 10 1/8 x 15 in. (25.7 x 38.1 cm)
ClassificationPRINTS
Credit LineLent by Janet Way Vlasach
Object numberL.2001.1.11
Subject(s)
- landscape
- animal
- horse
- figure
- inscription
- buddhism, monks
Collection
- Asian
Sub-Collection(s)
- Japanese
- Ukiyo-e
On View
On viewCollections
Label TextAt the center of this print lies Japan’s iconic Mount Fuji, whose immobility is lyrically expressed through a row of pine trees and travelers in motion. From right to left, an itinerant Buddhist monk wearing a hat and carrying a patchwork backpack heads up a hillside, a servant, at the center of the picture, takes notice of the distant mountain while leading the horse of a traveler and cargo, and palanquin bearers take a brief respite from carrying a sleeping passenger.
Katsushika HOKUSAI 葛飾北斎
ca. 1831-1832
Utagawa HIROSHIGE 歌川 広重
series first issued 1855
