Fujisawa

Data

Fujisawa
Print   (Part of the set: The 53 Stations of the Tōkaidō)

Hiroshige
Takamizawa


2019
00015-007
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Print is Public Domain; Photography is:   Creative Commons License

Description

The dynamic composition by placing the big torii (shrine gate) on the foreground is quite impressive. The four travellers in the foreground - apparently blind masseurs working their way down the highway - are passing by the gate.

In the far distance at the top of a small mountain Yugyo temple can be seen.

Fujisawa had been not only a temple town but also an important transportation hub where many roads crossed. Once this place became a Tokaido station, the town flourished even more.

At the end of the bridge, there is a house with three lanterns hanging. Hiroshige drew his symbol mark 'hi ro' on them!

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