Utagawa HiroshigeJapan, 1797–1858Avondgloed te Seta
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Amsterdam, Nederland
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- Bron
- Het museum
Over het werk
Gezicht op het Biwa meer met het dorp Seta en de brug op de voorgrond; op de achtergrond de berg Ibuki tegen een gele avondlucht. In het vierkante cartouche linksboven een gedicht.
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
Gegevens
- Inventarisnummer
- RP-P-1960-278
Wat het toont
In de catalogus
Bronnen
- Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
- Afbeelding: Rijksmuseum Amsterdam — public domain
Intussen, in het leven van Utagawa Hiroshige
Het hele leven1809–1832
Post: dōshin
1832
Journey to Kyoto along the Tōkaidō
As a fire warden he was entitled to minor privileges reserved for low-ranking samurai, which is how he secured an invitation to join an official procession to Kyoto and travelled the Tōkaidō route linking the two capitals. He sketched the scenery along the way.
October 1838
Death of his first wife, who had helped fund his travels
Hiroshige's first wife, who had helped finance his trips to sketch travel locations, once selling some of her clothing and ornamental combs, died in October 1838.
after October 1838
Second marriage: Oyasu from Tōtōmi Province
After his first wife's death Hiroshige remarried to Oyasu, sixteen years his junior, the daughter of a farmer named Kaemon from Tōtōmi Province.
![Shinano Province, Moon Reflected in the Sarashina Paddy-fields, Mount Kyōdai (Shinano, Sarashina tagoto no tsuki, Kyōdaisan), from the series Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces [of Japan] ([Dai Nihon] Rokujūyoshū meisho zue), Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重, Edo period, 1853 (Kaei 6, 8th month)](https://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUAM:CARP04802_dynmc/full/!2400,2400/0/default.jpg)
