Fifty-three Stations on the Tōkaidō Road (Tōkaidō gojūsantsugi ehon ekiro no suzu 東海道五十三次絵本駅路鈴) : [volume 2]

Katsushika, Hokusai, 1760-1849 · 1840 · Edo? : Iseya Rihei · 14 pictures

A Japanese woodblock picture book issued in Edo around 1840 by the publisher Iseya Rihei, with designs attributed to Katsushika Hokusai and kyōka poems accompanying a journey along the Tōkaidō road. The pages are double-spread scenes of travellers, inns, shrines and village streets set in pink-banded landscapes. A designer might take from them the flat colour bands, stepped perspective and clustered figures of Edo-period ukiyo-e print design.

Kyōka · Tōkaidō (Japan) -- In art · Tōkaidō (Japan) -- In literature

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