id: 121607 accession number: 1942.144 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1942.144 updated: 2023-03-07 15:13:50.556000 Nagakubo (Station 28) from the series Sixty-Nine Stations of the Kisokaido, 1835 or 1836. Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797–1858). Color woodblock print; sheet: 22.8 x 35.4 cm (9 x 13 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Henry S. Upson 1942.144 title: Nagakubo (Station 28) from the series Sixty-Nine Stations of the Kisokaido title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1835 or 1836 creation date earliest: 1835 creation date latest: 1836 current location: creditline: Gift of Mrs. Henry S. Upson copyright: --- culture: Japan, Edo period (1615-1868) technique: color woodblock print department: Japanese Art collection: Japanese Art type: Print find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797–1858) - artist --- measurements: Sheet: 22.8 x 35.4 cm (9 x 13 15/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation opening date: 2018-10-30T04:00:00 Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (October 30, 2018-January 6, 2019). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * Later Japanese Art Gallery Rotation (Gallery 113); February 20 - May 6, 2003. --- PROVENANCE Mrs. Henry S. Upson, Cleveland, OH, ?-1942, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art date: ?-1942 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, 1942-present date: 1942- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: 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. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1942.144/1942.144_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1942.144/1942.144_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1942.144/1942.144_full.tif