Kakegawa: Distant View of Mount Akiba
- MAKER:
Artist
Utagawa Hiroshige ( Japanese, 1797 - 1858 )
- DATE:
- 1834
General Description
Kakegawa was the turning off point for Akiba Shrine, located at the top of Mt. Akiba, some 20 miles away. In this scene, kites fly over laborers in the rice fields as travelers make their way over the bridge.
Adapted from
Anna McFarland, Ichiryusai Hiroshige: The Fifty-Three Stages of the Tokaido, Label text, 1986.