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Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road

Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido Gojusan-tsugi no Uchi)Created by: PICRYL - Public Domain Media Search EngineDated: 2016
Utagawa Hiroshige - Kakegawa. 19th century Japan. Public domain image.
Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road
Here is a series of ukiyo-e woodcut prints created by Utagawa Hiroshige after his first travel along the Tokaido in 1832.
The Tokaido road, linking the shogun's capital, Edo, to the imperial one, Kyoto, was the main travel and transport artery of old Japan. It is also the most important of the "Five Roads" (Gokaido)- the five major roads of Japan created or developed during the Edo era to further strengthen the control of the central shogunate administration over the whole country.
Even though the Hoeido edition is by far the best known, The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido was such a popular subject that it led Hiroshige to create some 30 different series of woodcut prints on it, all very different one from the other by their size (ōban or chuban), their designs or even their number (some series include just a few prints).
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Utagawa Hiroshige - Kameyama, Yukibare

Utagawa Hiroshige - Kameyama, Yukibare

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Utagawa Hiroshige - Fukuroi, De-chaya

Utagawa Hiroshige - Fukuroi, De-chaya

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Utagawa Hiroshige - Totsuka, Motomachi warakaremichi

Utagawa Hiroshige - Totsuka, Motomachi warakaremichi

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Utagawa Hiroshige - Ōiso, Tora ga ame

Utagawa Hiroshige - Ōiso, Tora ga ame

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Utagawa Hiroshige - Ōtsū, Hashiri cha mise

Utagawa Hiroshige - Ōtsū, Hashiri cha mise

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Utagawa Hiroshige - Hodogaya (Iroshiwara), Hidari Fuji

Utagawa Hiroshige - Hodogaya (Iroshiwara), Hidari Fuji

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Utagawa Hiroshige - Fujieda, Jimba tsugitate

Utagawa Hiroshige - Fujieda, Jimba tsugitate

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Utagawa Hiroshige - Sakanoshita

Utagawa Hiroshige - Sakanoshita

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Utagawa Hiroshige - Kyoto [Station 55]

Utagawa Hiroshige - Kyoto [Station 55]

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Utagawa Hiroshige - Kameyama, Yukibare

Utagawa Hiroshige - Kameyama, Yukibare

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Utagawa Hiroshige - Kanagawa, Daino kei

Utagawa Hiroshige - Kanagawa, Daino kei

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Utagawa Hiroshige - Mariko, Meibtsu chamise

Utagawa Hiroshige - Mariko, Meibtsu chamise

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Utagawa Hiroshige - Kanaya, Ōigawa engan

Utagawa Hiroshige - Kanaya, Ōigawa engan

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Utagawa Hiroshige - Hamamatsu, Fuyugare no zu

Utagawa Hiroshige - Hamamatsu, Fuyugare no zu

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Utagawa Hiroshige - Yui. 19th century Japan. Public domain image.

Utagawa Hiroshige - Yui. 19th century Japan. Public domain image.

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Utagawa Hiroshige - Mishima, Asagiri

Utagawa Hiroshige - Mishima, Asagiri

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Utagawa Hiroshige - Numazu, Tasogare-zu

Utagawa Hiroshige - Numazu, Tasogare-zu

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Utagawa Hiroshige - Odawara, Sakawagawa

Utagawa Hiroshige - Odawara, Sakawagawa

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Utagawa Hiroshige - Hakone, Kosui-zu

Utagawa Hiroshige - Hakone, Kosui-zu

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Utagawa Hiroshige - Goyu - Drawing. Public domain image.

Utagawa Hiroshige - Goyu - Drawing. Public domain image.

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Utagawa Hiroshige - Miya, Atsuta shiuje

Utagawa Hiroshige - Miya, Atsuta shiuje

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Utagawa Hiroshige - Yoshiwara [Station 15]

Utagawa Hiroshige - Yoshiwara [Station 15]

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Utagawa Hiroshige - Okabe, Utsu no yama

Utagawa Hiroshige - Okabe, Utsu no yama

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Utagawa Hiroshige - Ejiri, Miho embō

Utagawa Hiroshige - Ejiri, Miho embō

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Utagawa Hiroshige - Akasaka, Riosha shoyu

Utagawa Hiroshige - Akasaka, Riosha shoyu

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Utagawa Hiroshige - Fuchu. 19th century Japan. Public domain image.

Utagawa Hiroshige - Fuchu. 19th century Japan. Public domain image.

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Utagawa Hiroshige - Maisaka, Imagiri shinkei

Utagawa Hiroshige - Maisaka, Imagiri shinkei

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Utagawa Hiroshige - Narumi, Meibutsu Ari matsu shibar

Utagawa Hiroshige - Narumi, Meibutsu Ari matsu shibar

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Utagawa Hiroshige - Yokkaichi. 19th century Japan. Public domain image.

Utagawa Hiroshige - Yokkaichi. 19th century Japan. Public domain image...

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Utagawa Hiroshige - Ishibe, Migawa no sato

Utagawa Hiroshige - Ishibe, Migawa no sato

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Utagawa Hiroshige - Kawasaki, Rokugō watashi-bune

Utagawa Hiroshige - Kawasaki, Rokugō watashi-bune

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Utagawa Hiroshige - Arai, Toshū no dzu

Utagawa Hiroshige - Arai, Toshū no dzu

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Utagawa Hiroshige - Shirasuka, Shiornizaka

Utagawa Hiroshige - Shirasuka, Shiornizaka

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Utagawa Hiroshige - Okabe, Utsu no yama

Utagawa Hiroshige - Okabe, Utsu no yama

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Utagawa Hiroshige - Nihonbashi, Asa no kei

Utagawa Hiroshige - Nihonbashi, Asa no kei

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Utagawa Hiroshige - Kuwana, Shichiri matashi guchi

Utagawa Hiroshige - Kuwana, Shichiri matashi guchi

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Utagawa Hiroshige - Ishiyakushi, Ishiyakushi-ji

Utagawa Hiroshige - Ishiyakushi, Ishiyakushi-ji

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Utagawa Hiroshige - Kakegawa. 19th century Japan. Public domain image.

Utagawa Hiroshige - Kakegawa. 19th century Japan. Public domain image.

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Utagawa Hiroshige - Mitsuke, Tenryu gawa

Utagawa Hiroshige - Mitsuke, Tenryu gawa

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Utagawa Hiroshige - Futakawa. 19th century Japan. Public domain image.

Utagawa Hiroshige - Futakawa. 19th century Japan. Public domain image.

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Utagawa Hiroshige - Yoshida, Tyokawa no hashi

Utagawa Hiroshige - Yoshida, Tyokawa no hashi

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Utagawa Hiroshige - Seki. 19th century Japan. Public domain image.

Utagawa Hiroshige - Seki. 19th century Japan. Public domain image.

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Utagawa Hiroshige - Fujisawa, Yugio-ji

Utagawa Hiroshige - Fujisawa, Yugio-ji

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Utagawa Hiroshige - Okitsu-gawa

Utagawa Hiroshige - Okitsu-gawa

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Utagawa Hiroshige - Chiryū, Shuka uma ichi

Utagawa Hiroshige - Chiryū, Shuka uma ichi

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Utagawa Hiroshige - Shimada, Ōigawa shungan

Utagawa Hiroshige - Shimada, Ōigawa shungan

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Utagawa Hiroshige - Nissaka, Sayiny nako yuma

Utagawa Hiroshige - Nissaka, Sayiny nako yuma

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Shōno, Haku-u. = Shono (Station 46), Driving rain.

Shōno, Haku-u. = Shono (Station 46), Driving rain.

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Utagawa Hiroshige - Tsuchiyama. 19th century Japan. Public domain image.

Utagawa Hiroshige - Tsuchiyama. 19th century Japan. Public domain imag...

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Utagawa Hiroshige - Kusatsu, Meibutsu tateba

Utagawa Hiroshige - Kusatsu, Meibutsu tateba

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Utagawa Hiroshige - Kambara,Yoru no yuki

Utagawa Hiroshige - Kambara,Yoru no yuki

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Utagawa Hiroshige - Fujikawa. 19th century Japan. Public domain image.

Utagawa Hiroshige - Fujikawa. 19th century Japan. Public domain image.

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Utagawa Hiroshige - Mizuguchi, Nie[Mei?]ibatsu kamppyo

Utagawa Hiroshige - Mizuguchi, Nie[Mei?]ibatsu kamppyo

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Utagawa Hiroshige - Shinagawa, Hinode

Utagawa Hiroshige - Shinagawa, Hinode

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Utagawa Hiroshige - Hara, Asa no Fuji

Utagawa Hiroshige - Hara, Asa no Fuji

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Utagawa Hiroshige - Hiratsuka, Nawatemichi. Watercolor painting.

Utagawa Hiroshige - Hiratsuka, Nawatemichi. Watercolor painting.

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Utagawa Hiroshige - Okazaki, Yahagi no hashi

Utagawa Hiroshige - Okazaki, Yahagi no hashi

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