Okitsu

Ando Hiroshige

Date:

19th c.

Medium:

Japanese woodblock print

ID Number:

2013.2.5.18

• Description
  From the set of prints "53 Stations of the Tokaido." View near the mouth of the Okitsu River, looking out to sea, and two sumo wrestlers being carried upstream, one on a packhorse and the other in a kago. This flat area was noted for its beautiful view of the pine grove "Mihonomatsubara" highlighted by the pretty seascape backdrop.
• See Also

  Who

  Ando Hiroshige

  What

  Japanese woodblock print

  From the Collection

  G. Lewis Schmidt and Kyoko Edayoshi Schmidt Art Collection