The Fifty-Three Post Stations of the Tokaido Highway Item Number: N2.1234 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Print with matte depicting several groups of people up to their waist in water carrying box-like forms across a waterway. Mountains and sand dunes in the background. Print of Shono Station (#45). 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 following inscription is printed on the back of the matte: "Printed in Japan."
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
- N2.1234
- Type of Item
- Image
- height 25.6 cm, width 38.9 cm
- Overall
- height 34.5 cm, width 49.0 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