The Fifty-Three Post Stations of the Tokaido Highway Item Number: N2.1198 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Print depicting a group of men carrying boxes and baskets over their shoulders while crossing an arched bridge. Image of Nihonbashi Station (the departure point). 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 white-yellow piece of paper and has an additional cover page that flips up. Cover page has a printed inscription that reads: "NIHON-BASH Fifty-five prints depict the post stations between the starting point of the Tokaido at Nihonbashi in Yedo or Tokyo and its end at Sanjo in Kyoto. Distances from Tokyo are still officially measured from this ancient starting point." This inscription is accompanied by Japanese characters on the top, side and bottom 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
- N2.1198
- Type of Item
- Image
- height 25.6 cm, width 39.0 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