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The Fifty-Three Post Stations of the Tokaido HighwayN2.1221

Print depicting a group of people gathered around a fire near a tree. There are tall trees and buildings in the far distance. Print of Hamamatsu Station (#29). 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: " HAMAMATSU Hamamatsu Castle in the distance. In spite of the cold, Kumosuke (coolies)are wearing only loin-cloths and short coats. They warm themselves at a blazing fire." There are Japanese characters at the top, bottom, and side of the printed message.

Culture
Japanese
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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The Fifty-Three Post Stations of the Tokaido HighwayN2.1144

Print depicting people resting under a tree. There is a path and some buildings in the distance. A bird house on a long pole is in the corner near the foreground. Print of Fukuroi Station (#27). 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: " FUKUROI The shadow of the large tree along the road is a fit location for this tea house. The four figures seem to have walked straight out of the previously mentioned novel 'Hizakurige.'" There are Japanese characters at the top, bottom, and side of the printed message.

Culture
Japanese
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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The Fifty-Three Post Stations of the Tokaido HighwayN2.1219

Print depicting people crossing a bridge. There are mountains, a body of water, and rice fields in the background. Two lanterns, one pink, and one yellow are in the foreground. Print of Kakegawa Station (#26). 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: "KAKEGAWA After the traveller [sic] descends from the mountain, there is a plain extending for some miles. The beginning [sic] is called Kakegawa. This print is considered one of the best in the Takaido series." There are Japanese characters at the top, bottom, and side of the printed message.

Culture
Japanese
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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The Fifty-Three Post Stations of the Tokaido HighwayN2.1202

Print depicting a cluster of houses near the shore. There are men pulling and pushing a cart on a bridge that leads into the town. Print of Hodogaya Station (#4). 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. The cover page has a printed inscription that reads: " HODOGAYA Now included in Yokohama City. This hilly town, with its many narrow canals has changed little since Hiroshige's time." There are Japanese characters at the top, to the side, and at the bottom of the printed message.

Culture
Japanese
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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The Fifty-Three Post Stations of the Tokaido HighwayN2.1200

Print depicting people on a boat heading to shore. On shore there is a village with people and livestock walking near the shore. The village is denoted by trees and groups of buildings. There is a mountain in the far background. Print is of Kawasaki Station (#2). 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: " KAWASAKI Now a centre for heavy industries between Tokyo and Yokohama. In olden times people crossed the Rokugo Rover by ferry boat. The modern iron bridge at Kawasaki now bears no resemblance to this print. Upstream, however, one may find a similar view." There are Japanese characters at the top, bottom, and side of the printed message.

Culture
Japanese
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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The Fifty-Three Post Stations of the Tokaido HighwayN2.1198

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.

Culture
Japanese
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BoxN2.712 a-b

Slim, rectangular box (part a), the top quarter of which is formed by the fitted lid (part b). Surface of box and lid is entirely carved in relief; figures in a garden scene with trees and pavilions are depicted.

Culture
Japanese
Material
wood
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DollN2.900 a-b

Seated female figure representing the Japanese empress (part a) dressed in imperial costume. Elaborate headdress of gold-coloured metal and beads. Predominantly red-orange and white. Stand (part b) is wood in the shape of a book covered with green cloth and having orange and white binding.

Culture
Japanese
Material
wood, metal, glass and silk fibre
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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AshtrayN2.858

Circular brass dish with a flat bottom, raised sides, and a repousse goose in the center surrounded by two concentric circles of engraved designs around the rim.

Culture
Japanese
Material
brass metal
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Card BoxEd5.2847 a-c

Wooden box (part a) has stylized floral painted lid (part b) in red, blue, gold, green and white with two curved fingers hold in lower edge of lid. Inside there is a stack of sixty-one flat rectangular cards (part c) with various print designs. In order from top to bottom: seven cards have a grasshopper musician on the top left corner and two ants carrying an object on the bottom right corner, six cards have a fox on the bottom right corner looking up at purple grapes on the top left corner, six cards have a rabbit on the bottom right corner with a turtle at the top of a sunrise hill on the top left corner, eight cards have an animal on the bottom right corner with a frog on a pad on the top left corner, nine cards have a diamond and an orange jelly bean on the bottom right corner and a rooster with two chicks on the top left corner, two cards have a green stem with two yellow flowers in profile on the bottom right corner, two cards have a yellow and a blue flower on the bottom right corner, two cards have a green stem with one pink flower in profile at the top and one pink flower open toward the viewer at the bottom on the bottom right corner, three cards have a green stem and two yellow flowers open toward the viewer at the bottom right corner, two cards have a green stem and two pink flowers in profile on the bottom right corner, four cards have one three-leaf clover and one four-leaf clover on the top left corner, three cards have a green stem with a pink flower angled open from the viewer at the top and a bud at the bottom on the top left corner, two cards have a pink rose and a bud on the top left corner, three cards have a dark blue flower and a bud on the top left corner, and two cards have light blue flowers with yellow centres and a bud on the top left corner.

Culture
Japanese
Material
wood, adhesive, paint and paper
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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