Sadahiro Utagawa

Yokkaichi

Maker

Sadahiro Utagawa (Japanese, 1830 - 1852)
Kinkado of Edo (Japanese), publisher

Title

Yokkaichi
The fifty-three stations of the Tokaido
Tokaido gojusantusgi no uchi

Period

Edo Period

Year

after 1834

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

ink and color

Supports

Geography

Place Made: Japan

Dimensions

Plate: 36.5 x 25.9 cm (14 3/8 x 10 3/16 inches); Sheet: 37.6 x 25.9 cm (14 13/16 x 10 3/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

[text and poems] inscribed with incorrect artist's name Tosehiro in Roman print lower center recto; inscr. Sadahiro verso JWO 04/22/05Signed verso, bottom left: Sadahiro/580; in a later hand, verso, bottom center: 25c

Signature: Sadahiro ga

Seals: Artist's seal | red gourd-shaped; Publisher's seal | Tenki

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Bequest of Isaac C. Bates

Object Number

13.1363

Type

Exhibition History

Mountains and Rivers
Scenic Views of Japan
Jul 10, 2009 – Nov 01, 2009

Label copy

Fighting a gust of wind, two men hold onto their straw hats, while another chases his over a small bridge. Sadahiro, who worked in both Edo and Osaka, studied with Utagawa Kunisada and was part of the same artistic lineage as Utagawa Hiroshige, whose print depicting Yokkaichi, hanging nearby, he references here. Using his experience in drawing expressive kabuki actors, he emphasized the comic aspect of the travelers in his version.

Meisho
Depictions of Famous Places in Japan
Jun 04, 2004 – Aug 29, 2004

Label copy

This print is made after Hiroshige’s famous scene to the right. Sadahiro compresses Hiroshige’s composition into a vertical format and enlarges the figure of the man chasing his hat, creating a powerful new image dominated by figures rather than landscape features.

Meisho
Depictions of Famous Places in Japan
Jun 09, 1999 – Sep 05, 1999

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Tombstone

Sadahiro Utagawa (Japanese, 1830 - 1852)
Kinkado of Edo (Japanese), publisher
Yokkaichi; The fifty-three stations of the Tokaido; Tokaido gojusantusgi no uchi, after 1834
Polychrome wood block print
Plate: 36.5 x 25.9 cm (14 3/8 x 10 3/16 inches)<br>Sheet: 37.6 x 25.9 cm (14 13/16 x 10 3/16 inches)
Bequest of Isaac C. Bates 13.1363

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