Totsuka Teahouse, in The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido Gojusan Tsugi-no Uchi)
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1834
name: label: Artist
content: Ando Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797–1858
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Here is a spritely scene of travelers outside a teahouse of the town of Totsuka. From Edo (Tokyo) to Totsuka at the time, was about one day’s journey. There is a man gingerly mounting off his horse. On the left of him, a female maidservant, finely dressed is greeting the visitors after their long voyage. There is a man on the right, standing next to the horse, is a porter, with his back facing us. Next to him is a woman who is carrying a large bundle, still balanced on her back. On the right side is an elderly man, nimbly balancing many bundles on his body while crossing the bridge. A milestone next to the bridge says, “For Kamakura, Turn Left.” The animated indigo streaks on the foreground indicate that nightfall is swiftly approaching.
place: label: made in
content: Japan
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mary Rutherford Jay
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1948-134-6
objectType: label: Type
content: seascapes
label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Woodblock print in colored ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 23.9 x 36 cm (9 7/16 x 14 3/16 in.)