Miho no Matsubara, 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
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Source:
- Museum of Fine Arts Boston
- Image courtesy of
- Museum of Fine Arts Boston
Description
Among the multiple impression states of Kyosai's Miho no Matsubara view in the Tōkaidō meisho fūkei series, this impression documents the pine grove landmark through the visual conventions of meisho-e: the famous site rendered in a format designed for recognition by viewers who associated Miho with poetry, legend, and the canonical Fuji panorama. Washi paper absorbs the water-based pigments differently across press runs, causing shifts in hue saturation between impression states even when the same carved blocks are used. The long peninsula of Miho, extending into Suruga Bay south of present-day Shimizu, offered Tōkaidō printmakers an obvious compositional advantage — the pine-lined shore curving into the bay gives the eye a path toward the distant Fuji, creating recession through a single naturalistic device. Kyosai's training in both Kanō ink conventions and ukiyo-e commercial printing informs the balance between calligraphic tree forms and the tonal sky.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Miho no Matsubara, 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 — Miho no Matsubara, 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.
Miho no Matsubara, 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 transportation, tōkaidō, and travel scenes.