Hiroshige - 53 Stations of the Tokaido - Print 48

48 Seki - View outside a resthouse in the early morning, where a daimyo is stopping, the retainers preparing, by the aid of lanterns, to proceed on the journey. Each station was required to maintain lodging houses for travellers. The inn shown is one for upper class travellers such as Shogunate officials and feudal lords. Retinue are making preparations for a feudal lord to leave from the lodging house. Utagawa Hiroshige (1797 - 1858). The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido - Hoeido edition (1831-4)

Ando Daimyo Feudal Fifty Hiroshige Hoeido Hoyeido Lanterns Lodging Lords Magohachi Retainers Retinue Seki Shogunate Takenouchi Tokaido Travellers Ukiyo Utagawa Woodblock

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