Hiroshige - 53 Stations of the Tokaido - Print 40

40 Chiryu - A number of horses tethered near a tree in the fields, where a fair is held in the summer. This area was noted for Japanese iris(kakitsubata). A famous poet who once passed by this vicinity adorned with irises composed a poem expressing the loneliness of his long journey from Kyoto where his wife remained. Utagawa Hiroshige (1797 - 1858). The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido - Hoeido edition (1831-4)

Ando Fifty Hiroshige Hoeido Hoyeido Irises Magohachi Takenouchi Tethered Tokaido Ukiyo Utagawa Woodblock

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