Hiroshige's moonlit and night scenes are celebrated for their emotional depth and mastery of atmospheric printing. Bokashi gradation in night blues and silvery grays is the hallmark of fine impressions.
Night travel through the Hakone mountain pass between Izu and Sagami provinces is depicted in this uchiwa-e (fan print) from the "Famous Places in the Various Provinces" series, made around 1830–44. Travelers pick their way by lantern light through the high mountain darkness, the forested slopes reduced to silhouettes against an indigo sky. The round fan format frames the scene in a way that emphasizes its enclosed, intimate quality — travel as an experience of darkness and restricted vision.
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.
Traveling at Night in the Hakone Mountains on the Border of Izu and Sagami Provinces (Zuso Hakone-yama yako no zu), from the series "Famous Places in the Various Provinces (Shokoku meisho)" was created by Utagawa Hiroshige (歌川広重) in c. 1830/44.
Yes — Traveling at Night in the Hakone Mountains on the Border of Izu and Sagami Provinces (Zuso Hakone-yama yako no zu), from the series "Famous Places in the Various Provinces (Shokoku meisho)" is part of the Famous Places in the Various Provinces (Shokoku meisho) series by Utagawa Hiroshige.
Traveling at Night in the Hakone Mountains on the Border of Izu and Sagami Provinces (Zuso Hakone-yama yako no zu), from the series "Famous Places in the Various Provinces (Shokoku meisho)" depicts landscapes, night scenes, and famous places (meisho-e), set at Hakone.
