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Tōkaidō: Adventures on the Road in Old Japan

Tōkaidō: Adventures on the Road in Old Japan

Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, Alabama

The Tōkaidō Road, connecting Tokyo and Kyoto, runs along the scenic eastern coast of Japan. The prints in this exhibition were selected to illustrate a thematic exhibition and catalogue of essays on the Tōkaidō, a guidebook describing travel on the road in the 19th century. The exhibition was supported by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Works of art

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858), #3 Kawasaki Rokagō watashi bune (The Rokugo Ferry at Kawasaki)

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858), #23 Fujieda Jindo tsugitate (Relay Station at Fujieda)

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858), #48 Seki: honjin haya dachi (Early departure from main camp at Seki)

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858), #23 Fujieda Jimbatsugitate (Fujieda: Changing men and Horses)

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858), #27 Kakegawa Kibasan embō (Distant View of Mt. Akiba from Kakegawa)

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858), #14 Hara Ashitakayama Fuji chōbō (Distant View of Mt. Ashitaka & Mt. Fuji from Hara)

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858), Kanchiron (metal wine heater)

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858), #24 Shimeda Ōigawa sungan (Suruga Bank of Oi River at Shimada)

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858), #52 Ishibe Mekawa no Sato (Mekawa Village Near Ishibe)

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858), #28 Fukuroi (Travellers at Fukuroi)

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858); Tsuta-ya, #41 Narumi meisan arimatsu shiboriten (Shops of Tie-Dyed Fabric near Narumi)

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858), #29 Mitsuke

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858), #32 Arai: watashi bune no zu (Ferry Boats near Arai)

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858), #15 Yoshiwara hideri Fuji (Mt. Fuji on the Left at Yoshiwara)

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858), #30 Picture of Winter Desolation at Hamamatsu (Hōeidō Tōkaidō)

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858), #45 Ishiyakushi (Travellers in Snow at Ishiyakushi)

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858), #11 Hakone Kosui no zu (View of Lake at Hakone)

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858), #54 Ōtsu Hashirii Chamise (Running Well Teahouse at Otsu)

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858), #8 Hiratsuka

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858), #37 Akasaka (Travellers by Moonlight at Akasaka)

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858), #1 Nihon bashi Tōun no kei (Clouds in the East Over Nihon Bridge)

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858), #24 Shimada Ōigawa suruga (Suruga Bank of the Oi River near Shimada)

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858), #46 Shōno jimba shukutsugi no zu (Exchanging horses and men at Shōno)

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858), #39 Okazaki Yahagi no hashi (Yahagi bridge at Okazaki)

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858), #43 Kuwana shichiri no watashi buna (Ferry Boats for the Seven Ri Ferry at Kuwana)

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858), #1 Nihonbashi Asa no kei (Morning view of Nihon bridge)

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858), #53 Kusatsu Meibutsu Tachiba (Kusatsu, Shop Selling Ubamochi)

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858), #52 Ishibe Ryoshu Tomari kyoku (Overnight Guests at an Inn at Ishibe)

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858), #47 Clear weather after snow at Kameyama

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858), #17 Yui Satta tōge Oyashirazu (Satta Pass and Oyashirazu Near Yui)

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858), #11 Hakone sanchū yakō no zu (Picture of Night Travel through the Hakone Mountains)

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858), #49 Sakanoshita fudesute mine

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858), #40 Chiryū (Travellers at Chiryū)

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858), #21 Mariko (Restaurant at Mariko Station)

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858), #41 Narumi Meibatsu arimetsu shibori (Tie-Dyed Cloth of Arimatsu near Narumi)

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858), #41 Narumi Meibutsu Arimatsu shibori ten (Tie-Dyed Fabric of Arimatsu near Narumi)

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858), #37 Akasaka Totsuka ansaka yori shuku o miru zu (Akasaka: Travellers and Hostess at an Inn)

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858), #37 Akasaka nawate michi nite yajirō kitahachi o kitsune to omoite chōchaku suru (Akasaka, Yajiro Beats Kitahachi Thinking He is a Fox)

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858), #23 Fujieda Setogawa kachiwatari (Ford on the Seto River near Fujieda)

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858), #6 Totsuka: motomachi wakaremichi (Junction to Kamakura at Motomachi in Totsuko)

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858), #27 Kakegawa Akibadō Oiwake no zu (The Junction of the road to Akiba at Kakegawa)

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858), #7 Fujisawa yūkōji (Yūkō Temple at Fujisawa)

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858), #44 Yokkaichi Sangūdō oiwake no zu (Juncture of Roads to Ise Shrines at Yokkaichi)

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858), #42 Miya Atsuta shinji (Shinto festival at Atsuta Shrine at Miya)

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858), #39 Okazaki yahagi kawa no hashi (Yahagi Bridge at Okazaki)

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858), #45 Ishiyakuchi Ishiyakushidera (Temple of Stone Yakushi at Ishiyakushi)

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858), #9 Ōiso: Shigitatsusawa saigyōan (Ōiso: The Poet Monk Saigyo's Hut at the Shigitatsu Marsh)

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858), #26 Nissaka Sayo no Nakayama naku ishi muken yama embō (Nissaka: The Crying Rock on Mt. Sayononakayama and a Distant View of Mt. Mugen)

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858), #20 Fuchū Abekawa embō (Distant View of Abe River at Fuchū)

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858), #22 Okabe Utsu no yama tsuta no hosomichi (Okabe, the narrow ivy road by Mt. Utsu)

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858), #49 Sakanoshita gankutsu no Kannon (Cave shrine of Kannon at Sakanoshita)

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858), #38 Fujikawa bōhana no zu (Boundary Post at Fujikawa)

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858), #51 Minakuchi Meibutsu Kampyō (Dried Gourd, Famous Product of Minakuchi)

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858), #36 Goyu tabibito tomeonna (Women Dragging Travellers to Inn at Goyu)

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858), #28 Fukuroi

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858), #7 Jimbutsu Tōkaidō (#7 Women in the snow at Fujisawa)

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858), 興津田子の浦 Okitsu Tagoura (Tago Bay near Okitsu)

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858), #14 Hara, Kambara, Yoshiwara, Yui, Okitsu

Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849), Okazaki

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858), #7 Fujisawa (Juncture of Road to Enoshima at Fujisawa)

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858), #4 Kanagawa Dai no kei (View from the Hill at Kanagawa)

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858), #9 Ōiso Tora ga ame (Tora's Rain at Oiso)

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858), #31 Arai gosekisho (Ships Sailing off Arai)

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858), #50 Tsuchiyama suzugayama uchū nozu (Rainstorm at Bell Mtn. near Tsuchiyama)

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858), #44 Mie River at Yokkaichi

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858), #18 Okitsu Okitsugawa (Wrestlers Fording Okitsu River near Okitsu)

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858), #35 Yoshida Toyokawa no hashi (Bridge Over Toyo River at Yoshida)