Numazu—Dusk (Numazu—tasogare zu), from the series The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road (Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi)
Utagawa Hiroshige
1828–1839
- Medium
- Color woodblock print; ōban
- Dimensions
- 24.8 × 36.7 cm (9 3/4 × 14 7/16 in.)
- Genre
- woodblock print
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Tags
printasian artJapanese (culture or style)woodblock print
About
Travelers on the Tōkaidō Road (the highway running between Edo and Kyoto) often stopped at inns along the route, such as this one at Numazu. In this image, the bright full moon illuminates the path of three pilgrims. One carries a portable shrine with a long-nosed tengu (goblin) mask, meant to provide spiritual protection.
