The Fifty-Three Post Stations of the Tokaido Highway Item Number: N2.1213 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Print depicting a harbour with boats at sea and docked at short. Cluster of mountains in the distance to the left. Print of Ejiri Station (#18). 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: " FJIRI The present Shimizu Harbour. The pine covered projecting point is "Miho-no-Matsubara" (the pinery of Miho) where according to legend an angel danced before a fisherman in order to retireve [sic] her stolen celestial raiment. Nowadays this spot is well-known as a tea exporting port." 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
- 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
- N2.1213
- Type of Item
- Image
- height 25.8 cm, width 38.8 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