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The Fifty-Three Post Stations of the Tokaido HighwayN2.1228

Print depicting a group of people huddled close to the ground. There are black and white trees in the background to one side. Two bird houses, one pink, and one yellow, are in the middle of the print. Print of Fujikawa Station (#37). 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: " FUJIKAWA An annual procession on Hassaku (August 1) to present horses from the Shogun to the Mikado. It is said that Jiroshige followed this procession and made sketches along the Tokaido." 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 HighwayN2.1227

Print depicting of a group of people standing outside in the street. There are shops and buildings on either side of them. One woman looks out of a shop window at the group. Print of Goyu Station (#35). 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: " Goya The beautiful women who appeared in the famous paintings of Arduous and Tamari were Japanese types. Here, Hiroshima draws another and common type of Japanese beauty. The signs in the inn to the right carry the names of an engraver and a printer." 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 HighwayN2.1225

Print of three women walking towards a building. There is a man with a blue robe facing the building. The background has multiple plants and two trees in black covering a hill-like area. Print of Futagawa Station (#33). 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: " FUTAKAWA This print may be thought either interesting or uninteresting. The three women are Goze (blind female street-singers). 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 HighwayN2.1222

Print depicting small boats anchored in a harbour at the foot of tall grey mountain ranges. Print of Maisaka Station (#30). 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: "MAISAKA From older times Lake Hamana has been famous for shell-fishes. The sailing-boats here may be for claming. This is the Imakiri ford." 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 HighwayN2.1220

Print depicting two people on a canoe-like boat. There are a group of people standing on a sand dune in the background along with several people standing and sitting in canoe-like boats. Print of Mitsuke Station (#28). 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: " MITSUKE the ford over the Tenryu River. After crossing it, one soon reaches Hamamatsu in Enshu Province. This is a famous print." 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 HighwayN2.1218

Print of people traveling up a mountain side by way of a trail. there are trees on either side of the trail and blue mountains in the background. Nissaka Station (#25). 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: " NISSAKA 'Sayo-no Nakayama Yonaki-ishi" (a stone which cries at night at Nakayama) is the basis for a strange but popular legend, which was the common subject of traveller's talk.'" 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 HighwayN2.1215

Print depicting people traveling through a narrow mountain passage. Trees on either side. Houses in the background. Print of Okabe Station (#21). 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: " OKABE After leaving Mariko, a town in the flat countryside just beyond Shizuoka, the train passes through a tunnel. Then one sees mountains amazingly like this print." 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 HighwayN2.1213

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.

Culture
Japanese
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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The Fifty-Three Post Stations of the Tokaido HighwayN2.1210

Print depicting three people walking in the snow. Groups of houses in the background are covered with snow. Trees frame each side. Overall colours are orange, black, grey, and white. Print of Kambara Station (#15). 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: " KAMBARA From Fujimiya Station, walking along the old road, then across the Fuji River, one reaches Iwabushi, and finds the same geographical features as pictured." 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 HighwayN2.1207

Print depicting a large green, blue, yellow, brown, grey, and black cliff amongst smaller, more distant mountaintops. Two people travel down the side of the mountain. The cliff hangs over a body of water. There is a yellow and white skyline. Print of Hakone Station (#10). 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: "HAKONE Generally considered the most unique of the Tokaido series. It is an unusual example of a very fine print using only primary colors. The view which shows in one picture Mt. Komagadake with Mt. Fuji on the opposite side of the circle of the lake, is particular ingenious." 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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