Hiroshige - 53 Stations of the Tokaido - Print 19

19 Ejiri - View over Mio-no-Matsu-bara, at the mouth of the Okitsu River (seen close in previous plate), to a hilly coastline beyond; junks anchored in foreground in front of a fishing village, and others sailing in the bay. The most magnificent view of the famous pine groves Mihonomatsubara could be had from this station. There stands a pine tree referred to in the famous legend the feathered robe'. This station is now the port of Shimizu, the biggest port between Yokohama and Nagoya. Utagawa Hiroshige (1797 - 1858). The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido - Hoeido edition (1831-4)

Anchored Ando Ejiri Fifty Groves Hilly Hiroshige Hoeido Hoyeido Junks Magohachi Takenouchi Tokaido Ukiyo Utagawa Woodblock

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