Chiryu: Early Summer Horse Fair (1833–1834)

Highlights

• Fifty-Three Stations Tokaido (Chiryu) by Hiroshige (Shimane Art Museum) by Utagawa Hiroshige — a faithful canvas reproduction of a classic Japanese woodblock print.
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• MUSEUM-QUALITY GICLEE: Fade-resistant archival inks on premium artist-grade canvas, hand-stretched and gallery-wrapped over a solid 1.5" wood frame, hardware attached and ready to hang.
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Description

This woodblock print from Hiroshige's celebrated series 'The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tōkaidō' depicts the post-town of Chiryu (in present-day Aichi Prefecture, Japan), renowned for its annual early-summer horse fair. Dozens of horses wade through shallow paddies and marshland while handlers guide them amid a tranquil blue-green landscape, a lone pine tree silhouetted against a soft orange sky. The serene composition captures the lively commerce and rural character that made the Tōkaidō road—the historic highway connecting Edo (Tokyo) to Kyoto—a cultural lifeline of Edo-period Japan.