Hiroshige - 53 Stations of the Tokaido - Print 5

5 Hodogaya - A bridge over a stream, and across it two coolies are carrying a closed kago towards a village on the opposite bank; behind the village rises a low wooden hill. At this countryside station the travellers had covered a distance of 34 km from Edo and were well into the mood of travelling. By the bridge stands a restaurant which serves Soba (buckwheat noodle) and waitresses stand in front beckoning travellers to the restaurant. Utagawa Hiroshige (1797 - 1858). The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido - Hoeido edition (1831-4)

Ando Beckoning Buckwheat Coolies Fifty Hiroshige Hoeido Hoyeido Kago Magohachi Noodle Opposite Takenouchi Tokaido Travellers Ukiyo Utagawa Waitresses Woodblock

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