東海道五十三次"The woodblock print represents for most westerners the epitome of Japanese art. Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858), renowned for his work in ukiyo-e (woodblock prints), rose to fame first in Japan and later in the West with his ingenious portrayal of the famous Tokaido, the national highway connecting Tokyo with the capitol at Kyoto and the western provinces. Spotted along the way were fifty-three stations in small villages where lodgings and refreshment were available. Hiroshige named his prints after these stations. These full-color woodblock prints first made their appearance in 1834. Hiroshige showed the Tokaido in other later series, but it is in the original group, reproduced in the present volume, that the color and excitement of the road are best portrayed. Warriors, tradesmen, royal couriers, ladies of the pleasure houses--all are shown with great detail and charm. The prints showing each "stage" of the Tokaido are here presented only slightly small than their original size as produced by Hiroshige, along with a map of the entire route. Ichitaro Kondo has provided a text for each of the prints and Charles S. terry has translated the entire work into English."--Publisher's description. |
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Abe River AKASAKA album ARAI beautiful Biwa bridge castle Chiryu color daimyo Edo period Famous Places Fifty-three Stages four miles Fuji FUJIEDA FUJIKAWA FUKUROI FUTAKAWA GOYU gyōsho version Hakone half miles HAMAMATSU Hamana Hara highway Hiroshige Hiroshige's day Hiroshige's picture Hiroshige's print Hizakurige Hoei-dō Hokusai horses Imagiri Ise Bay Ishibe Ishiyakushi Japan Japanese Kabuki Kakegawa Kambara KAMEYAMA Kanaya Kawasaki KUSATSU Kuwana Kyoto Lake Lake Hamana landscapes MAISAKA Mariko miles northwest Mishima MITSUKE Miya MIZUGUCHI mountain Narumi Nihombashi NISSAKA Numazu Odawara Oi River OISO OKABE OKAZAKI Okitsu OTSU print artist print shows reisho and gyosho reisho version SAKANOSHITA scene scenery SEKI Shimada SHINAGAWA SHIRASUKA shogunate Shono shown Shrine six miles Tokaido prints Tokaido series Tokugawa government Tokugawa Ieyasu Totsuka town travelers TSUCHIYAMA ukiyo-e woodblock prints Yokkaichi Yoshida YOSHIWARA 小田原 日本橋 東海道 次道 荒井 走井茶店