Hiroshige - 53 Stations of the Tokaido - Print 37

37 Akasaka - The courtyard of a resthouse, in the centre of which a sago-palm is growing; on the left, guests being served with refreshments, and on the right, geisha dressing up for their performance. Most male travellers enjoyed staying at this station for here in the entertainment quarters they could find the friendliest hostesses of the entire trip. Dinners are being served by a waitress and geisha girls are doing their faces for the evening. Utagawa Hiroshige (1797 - 1858). The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido - Hoeido edition (1831-4)

Akasaka Ando Fifty Geisha Hiroshige Hoeido Hostesses Hoyeido Magohachi Quarters Refreshments Sago Takenouchi Tokaido Travellers Ukiyo Utagawa Woodblock

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