No. 32: Seba, from the series "Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido (Kisokaido rokujukyu tsugi no uchi)"
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- c. 1835/38
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From Hiroshige's Hoeido Tokaido (1833–34), considered his greatest achievement and among the finest landscape print series in Japanese art. The Hoeido edition is worth many times more than Hiroshige's later Tokaido series. Early impressions show the distinctive crisp bokashi gradation that later wears away.
Seba, station 32 on the Kisokaido, lies along the upper Kiso River where the gorge narrows and the road hugs steep forested slopes. This [oban](/glossary/oban) print from the "Sixty-nine Stations" series conveys the dramatic topography of the Kiso Valley, a stretch celebrated for its scenery and the dense cedar forests that supplied timber to Edo. The river's presence shapes both the landscape and the composition.
c. 1835/38
Color woodblock print; oban
c. 1835/38
Color woodblock print; oban
c. 1835/38
Color woodblock print; oban
c. 1835/38
Color woodblock print; oban
No. 32: Seba, from the series "Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido (Kisokaido rokujukyu tsugi no uchi)" was created by Utagawa Hiroshige (歌川広重) in c. 1835/38.
Yes — No. 32: Seba, from the series "Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido (Kisokaido rokujukyu tsugi no uchi)" is part of the Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaidō series by Utagawa Hiroshige.
No. 32: Seba, from the series "Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido (Kisokaido rokujukyu tsugi no uchi)" depicts kisokaidō and travel scenes.
