The Fifty-Three Post Stations of the Tokaido Highway Item Number: N2.1140 from the MOA: University of British Columbia

Description

Print depicting people bowing near a building. Three of the people stand near a donkey. One woman stands near a building. A older man approaches the scene as he walks on a bridge. There are roof tops in the background, as well as trees and sky. Depicting the Totsuka Station (#5). 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 matted on a piece of yellow-white paper and has a cover page that flips over the print. The cover page has a printed inscription that reads: " TOTSUKA Vicinity of the present Ofuna Station. The sigh post reads "Hidari Kamakura-machi" (Left, the Kamakura road). It seems to indicate the road to Zushi and Kamakura, along which one sees the famous Kanazawa Hakkei (Eight Views of Kanazawa)." There are 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

What

Name
The Fifty-Three Post Stations of the Tokaido Highway
Identification Number
N2.1140
Type of Item
print
Manufacturing Technique
woodblock printed
Image
height 25.6 cm, width 38.9 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