Hiroshige - 53 Stations of the Tokaido - Print 8

8 Hiratsuka - A zigzag road, lined with a few trees, traversing fields, and a courier running along and passing two other travellers. In the background a dark, round-topped hill, behind which a white Fuji appears in the distance. Here, the Tokaido Highway runs along a low causeway by the ocean. The man running is one of the professional couriers who worked in relays and covered the distance of 489 km between Edo and Kyoto in about 90 hours. Utagawa Hiroshige (1797 - 1858). The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido - Hoeido edition (1831-4)

Ando Causeway Couriers Fifty Fuji Highway Hiroshige Hoeido Hoyeido Magohachi Relays Takenouchi Tokaido Travellers Ukiyo Utagawa Woodblock Zigzag

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