Hiroshige - 53 Stations of the Tokaido - Print 39

39 Okazaki - A daimyo's cortege crossing the bridge over the Yahagi River towards the village and castle on the further bank in the background a blue hill, printed from colour blocks only. Tokugawa Ieyasu, the founder of the Tokugawa Shogunate, was born in the castle shown in the prints. The bridge over the Yahagi River, flowing west of the castle, was the largest on the entire highway. Utagawa Hiroshige (1797 - 1858). The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido - Hoeido edition (1831-4)

Ando Fifty Highway Hiroshige Hoeido Hoyeido Magohachi Okazaki Takenouchi Tokaido Ukiyo Utagawa Woodblock

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