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From '53 Stations of Tokaido' - Taisho Era

Size: 26.0cm by 39.0cm (10.24 in by 15.35 in) | Enlargement | Shipping Code: [L] ?

Designer: Ando Hiroshige

Era: Taisho | Currency: $ / £ / €

Price: ¥ 15,000$ 105.00£ 78.50€ 91.75

  

Description: This is a print from what is perhaps the single most famous series of Japanese woodblock prints ever produced - "The 53 Stations of the Tokaido", designed by Hiroshige in the 1830s.

Various reproductions of the series have been published, and this is from a set consists of 55 Oban size prints most likely published during Taisho period, 1912-1926.

Although the publisher and other specific details remain unknown, the print quality is great, with fine details and delicately applied colors. Some of the prints have light wrinkles and slight toning, but it is generally in good condition.

Kakegawa station

This is a scene of an early summer in Kakegawa, drawn in the center is Ooike-bridge, built over the Futase river.

In Japan kite-flying is a typical activity of the New year season, but this area is noted for Kakegawa kites, commonly flown in May. In this image one kite flies so high that it breaks through the upper edge of the image. Further away nearly over the mountain top, an 'escaped' kite is seen blowing off into the distance.

On the bridge a priest and his attendant are approaching. We wonder if the two travelers facing them are bowing to the priest or bending their back because of the strong wind. Behind the two travelers, a child looks happy up at the flying kite.

In the field, farmers are busy with the rice planting. Beyond the rice fields the reeds are seen bending toward the left. Is it only us who wonders about the direction of the wind? Is it coming from the left ... or the right?

There is a small stain on the print, near the kite.

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