Arai: Ferry Boat (Tokaido Gojusan-tsugi no Uchi, ca. 1834)

Highlights

• Print, Arai Ferryboat, in The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido Gojusan Tsugi-no Uchi), ca. 1834 (CH 18608869-2) by Utagawa Hiroshige — a faithful canvas reproduction of a classic Japanese woodblock print.
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Description

This vibrant woodblock print by Utagawa Hiroshige depicts a bustling ferry crossing at Arai, the 31st station along the Tokaido Road — the historic coastal highway linking Edo (modern-day Tokyo) to Kyoto in feudal Japan. In the foreground, passengers and cargo crowd a small ferry boat, while a larger decorated sailing vessel passes nearby against a warm amber sky and a distant range of blue-green hills. The scene captures the lively commerce and travel culture of the Edo period with Hiroshige's characteristic mastery of color gradation and compositional depth.