Tōkaidō: Adventures on the Road in Old Japan

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Tōkaidō: Adventures on the Road in Old Japan
Tōkaidō: Adventures on the Road in Old Japan
Stephen Addiss, curator
October 18, 1980–December 21, 1980
Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas
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.

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Works of art

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858), #49 Sakanoshita fudesute mine
1833–1834, Edo period (1600–1868)
Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858), #29 Mitsuke
1833–1834, Edo period (1600–1868)
Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858), #44 Mie River at Yokkaichi
1833–1834, Edo period (1600–1868)
Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858), #28 Fukuroi
1832–1833, Edo period (1600–1868)
Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858), #36 Goyu tabibito tomeonna (Women Dragging Travellers to Inn at Goyu)
late 1800s–early 1900s, Meiji period (1868–1912) or Taisho period (1912–1926)
Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858), #40 Chiryū (Travellers at Chiryū)
circa 1844, Edo period (1600–1868)
Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858), #28 Fukuroi (Travellers at Fukuroi)
early 1840s, Edo period (1600–1868)
Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849), Okazaki
1804, Edo period (1600–1868)
Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858), #8 Hiratsuka
1833–1834, Edo period (1600–1868)

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