Tsuchiyama: The Suzuka Mountains and Sakanoshita (Tsuchiyama, Suzukayama Sakanoshita), 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
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Source:
- Museum of Fine Arts Boston
- Image courtesy of
- Museum of Fine Arts Boston
Description
This state of the Tsuchiyama-Suzukayama-Sakanoshita design from the Tōkaidō meisho fūkei series represents an early or variant impression of a composition showing the mountain highway between Tsuchiyama and the Suzuka pass. The series was issued in multiple editions under slightly varying titles — the Processional Tōkaidō designation and the alternative Tōkaidō meisho no uchi title indicate different publisher releases of related designs. In this segment of the route, the road climbed and descended through dense forested terrain, and the print's composition likely exploits this topography to create a layered spatial recession from foreground travelers through middle-distance tree cover to distant peaks rendered in soft bokashi. Color registration and ink density may differ from other impressions, reflecting variations in the block state or printing run.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Tsuchiyama: The Suzuka Mountains and Sakanoshita (Tsuchiyama, Suzukayama Sakanoshita), 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 was created by Kawanabe Kyosai (河鍋暁斎).
Yes — Tsuchiyama: The Suzuka Mountains and Sakanoshita (Tsuchiyama, Suzukayama Sakanoshita), 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 is part of the Scenes of Famous Places along the Tôkaidô Road series by Kawanabe Kyosai.
Tsuchiyama: The Suzuka Mountains and Sakanoshita (Tsuchiyama, Suzukayama Sakanoshita), 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 depicts landscapes, tōkaidō, and famous places (meisho-e).