The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido (Hoeido Edition): #48 Seki
Utagawa Hiroshige
Description
Subject Matter:
Post towns were where travelers could take a rest along their journey.
Physical Description:
A woodblock print depicting a post town in the Edo period of Japan. There is a wooden structure to the left. It looks like a store, with a list of products hanging on the frame of the door. White flags with a blue circular design hang from the roof to the left and to right near a grouping of trees. Two groups of five men are in front of the structure, five to the left, five towards the center of the image. A thin vertical stick structure is right of center in the foreground.
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