The Fifty-Three Post Stations of the Tokaido Highway Item Number: N2.1237 from the MOA: University of British Columbia

Description

Print depicting a large mountain top and an adjacent plateau. There are a group of people seated under a thatched roof on the plateau. A man and child pull an ox(?) up a hill towards the building. Print of Sakanoshita Station (#48). 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: “ SAKANOSHITA About two miles northwest of Seki. One sees Fude Sute No Mine (Paint-brush Throwing Peak). It is here, tradition says, the famous painter Motonobu Kano threw down his brush as he could not paint such beautiful scenery." 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
N2.1237
Type of Item
print
Image
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