Hakone, from Tokaido Series
1863
19th century
8 3/4 in. x 12 3/4 in. (22.23 cm x 32.39 cm)
Utagawa Yoshimori,
Japan,
(1830–1884)
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:
2005.013
In 1863, the 14th Shogun Tokugawa Iemochi (1846-1866) travelled from Edo to Kyoto to pay his respects to the emperor. Numerous prints were published to commemorate this journey., including this from a series by multiple prominent artists. Hakone is a midway fortified checkpoint on the Tokaido.