Tokaido gojusantsugi, Pl.45
1868-1912
Imagine a 19th-century highway rest stop: inside the office, bureaucrats are boringly checking travel permits, but outside, it's practically a pool party for horses and porters! This print depicts the Ishiyakushi station from Hiroshige's legendary 'Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido' series. The artist masterfully contrasts the rigid official checkpoint with the carefree laborers washing their horses in the water, capturing the true, chaotic spirit of travel in Edo Japan.
- Technique
- Woodblock print
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