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Public domain photo of Japanese woodblock print (Ukiyo-e), free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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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travel japan postal service to kaido japan mountains women bridges kyoto japan rivers travelers prints to kaido goju san tsugi no uchi ho eido publisher ando hiroshige 1797 1858 artist kyoto station kyoto station utagawa hiroshige history of japan ultra high resolution high resolution artwork japanese woodblock prints ukiyo e asian art the miriam and ira d wallach division new york public library fifty three stations tokaido
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1832
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Hōeidō, Publisher
Andō, Hiroshige, 1797-1858, Artist
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Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road

Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido Gojusan-tsugi no Uchi)
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New York Public Library
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http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/
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Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication ("CCO 1.0 Dedication")

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