Arashiyama
1863
19th century
9 in. x 14 in. (22.86 cm x 35.56 cm)
Utagawa Hiroshige II,
Japanese,
(1826–1869)
Object Type:
Prints
Creation Place:
Asia, Japan
Medium and Support:
color woodblock print on paper
Credit Line:
Carleton College Art Collection, gift of Yale Pfoutz
Accession Number:
2004.010
From Scenes of Famous Places along the Tokaido Road (Tokaido meisho fukei)
Arashiyama is a pleasant area of Kyoto, named after a nearby mountain, and immensely popular as a spot to view cherry blossoms. Its landmark, visible in this print, is the wooden Togetsukyo bridge with beautiful, forested hills as backdrop.