A man in a small boat with oars sits in front of a bridge, a pier of which is just behind and to the left of the boat. The viewer is also positioned on the water as only the bottom of the span is visible. Several other piers, also framed and clad with wood to protect against collision are visible on either side of the image. The distant view, seen between the piers, include a suspension bridge to the left of the central pier and the tower of a church or other buildings to the right.
Artist Life Dates
1834 - 1903
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
1878
Accession Number
1954/1.417
Medium and Support
lithotint with scraping, printed in brown ink on Japan paper, laid down on heavy
The Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road (Hôeidô edition): A View of Bearers and Attendants and Four Sailboats Morred at a Stone Pier
Artist
Andô Hiroshige
Physical Description
Here Hiroshige allows a glimpse of rice transport in the early morning in Ôtso, a stop on the Tôkaidô and capitol of Shiga prefecture. The boats in the harbor of Lake Biwa are stacked high with the golden hue of ripe rice stalks, while workers on the pier carry heavy bundles.
A sweeping panorama of a city is visible from an elevated vantage point. Bridges cross a river and boats are evident. The river occupies the right side of the composition and the curving near bank of the river dominates the left side of the work. The cityscape includes many buildings, culimnating in one large dome in the distance. There is evidence that a window ledge exists along the bottom of the image and in the distance there are blustery clouds, indicating a leaden wintery sky.
This work portrays a view across a river, whose surface is dotted with shipping. Drawn from a very high vantage point, a roadway is seen through a screen of nearly leafless trees at the bottom of the image; in the distance the far bank of the shore is congested with buildings, some towers--particularly a large one to the right of center--and smoke blowing away and to the right from the viewer can be seen.
Artist Life Dates
1834 - 1903
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
1896
Accession Number
1954/1.463
Medium and Support
Lithotint with scraping on a prepared half-tint ground on heavy wove paper
This black and white photograph is a horizontal image with a road and two horse carriages. It appears to be foggy and there are other people farther back in the scene.
Glimpsed through an entableture and single doric column, a busy boulevard is seen filled with horse-drawn carriages and cabs, as well as with pedestrians, mostly in the foreground. In the distance is a building with large windows.
Artist Life Dates
1834 - 1903
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
1880-1881
Accession Number
1954/1.394
Medium and Support
etching and drypoint, printed in black ink on laid paper, trimmed to platemark
A vignetted view of a roadway with carriages is shown passing beneather a bridge crossing a river, which, too has carriages on its roadbed. The scene is one of bustling activity, although seen from a distance and from an elevated height.
