The Fifty-Three Post Stations of the Tokaido Highway Item Number: N2.1204 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Print of a scene with two people standing on a path amongst some trees. There are round, grey mountains in the background. Depiction of the Hiratsuka Station (#7). This is one of a series of reproductions of the "53 Post Stations on the Tokaido Hwy." from Nihonbashi to Kyoto (Hoei-do edition). The print is mounted on a yellow-white matte paper and has a cover page that flips over the image. The cover page has a printed inscription that reads: " HIRATSUKA Just beyond the present Hiratsuka Station, approaching Oiso, on the Tokaido Railroad Line. The round-topped mountain is Mt. Komayama; Mt. Fuji and Mt. Oyama are to the right." There are Japanese characters on the top, the bottom and the side of the printed message.
Narrative
This series (Hoeido Edition) was reproduced by Nihon Hanga Kenkyu-Sho Ltd. (Japan Institute for the Study of Woodblock Prints) through the skill of renowned modern engravers; it took three years to complete.
Item History
- Made by Hiroshige Utagawa (Maker) in Japan during 1952
- Owned by Japan Trading Co. before 1957
- Received from Japan Trading Co. (Seller) and Leon & Thea Koerner Foundation (Funding source) during 1957
What
- Name
- The Fifty-Three Post Stations of the Tokaido Highway
- Identification Number
- N2.1204
- Type of Item
- Image
- height 24.4 cm, width 38.0 cm, depth 0.1 cm
- Overall
- height 34.5 cm, width 49.0 cm, depth 0.1 cm
Who
- Culture
- Japanese
- Creator
- Hiroshige Utagawa (Maker)
- Previous Owner
- Japan Trading Co.
- Received from
- Japan Trading Co. (Seller) and Leon & Thea Koerner Foundation (Funding source)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Japan
When
- Creation Date
- during 1952
- Ownership Date
- before 1957
- Acquisition Date
- during 1957
Other
- Item Classes
- works on paper
- Condition
- good