A print from the "Scenes of Famous Places along the Tokaido" series depicting the legendary Kageishi — a mysterious stone or landmark — in the mountains near Hakone pass. The Tokaido series gave Kyosai scope to exercise both his topographic and his narrative imagination: famous-place imagery required accuracy about recognizable landmarks while allowing for the atmospheric invention that made these prints more than mere travel documents. Hakone's mountains provided especially dramatic material, their passes renowned for danger and scenic grandeur.
Woodblock print
Woodblock print
Woodblock print
Woodblock print
Wakasa Kugushiko
1920
Color woodblock print; oban
Woodblock print
1934
Color woodblock print; oban
n.d.
Woodblock print; ishizuri-e, section of harimaze sheet
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Kageishi in the Mountains of Hakone (Hakone sanchû Kageishi), from the series Scenes of Famous Places along the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô meisho fûkei), also known as the Processional Tôkaidô (Gyôretsu Tôkaidô), here called Tôkaidô meisho no uchi was created by Kawanabe Kyosai (河鍋暁斎).
Yes — Kageishi in the Mountains of Hakone (Hakone sanchû Kageishi), from the series Scenes of Famous Places along the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô meisho fûkei), also known as the Processional Tôkaidô (Gyôretsu Tôkaidô), here called Tôkaidô meisho no uchi is part of the Scenes of Famous Places along the Tôkaidô Road series by Kawanabe Kyosai.
Kageishi in the Mountains of Hakone (Hakone sanchû Kageishi), from the series Scenes of Famous Places along the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô meisho fûkei), also known as the Processional Tôkaidô (Gyôretsu Tôkaidô), here called Tôkaidô meisho no uchi depicts landscapes, tōkaidō, and travel scenes, set at Hakone.