The Fifty-Three Post Stations of the Tokaido Highway Item Number: N2.1141 from the MOA: University of British Columbia

Description

Print depicting a group of people traveling across a wooden bridge. There are mountains in the background. Rows of houses are located at the foot of the mountains. This is one of a series of reproductions of the "53 Post Stations on the Tokaido Hwy," from Nihonbashi to Kyoto (Hoei-do edition). Print is matted on a piece of white-yellow paper and has an additional cover page that folds over the print. A printed inscription on the cover page reads: “ KYOTO As the Nihon-bashi in Yedo is the starting-point, so the Sanjo O-hashi in Kyoto is the final goal. The travellers [sic] in Hiroshige's days left the Nihon-bashi in the morning and arrived at Kyoto where the Mikado lived approximately fifteen days later." There are Japanese characters at the top, bottom, and 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

What

Name
The Fifty-Three Post Stations of the Tokaido Highway
Identification Number
N2.1141
Type of Item
print
Manufacturing Technique
woodblock printed
Image
height 25.8 cm, width 38.8 cm, depth 0.1 cm, height 25.8 cm, width 38.8 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