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Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858)
Three prints from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road
Three prints from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi), published Takenouchi Magohachi (Hoeido), 1833-34, comprising:

1. Yoshiwara: Mount Fuji on the Left (Yoshiwara, hidari Fuji)
2. Kusatsu: Famous Post House (Kusatsu, Meibutsu tateba)
3. Okitsu: The Okitsu River (Okitsu, Okitsugawa)
Each horizontal oban:
23.9 x 36.3cm.
24 x 36.4cm.
23.3 x 35.6cm.
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For other impressions of the first and second in the Honolulu Museum of Art, go to:
http://honolulumuseum.org/art/6961
http://honolulumuseum.org/art/6919

For another impression of the third in the Edo-Tokyo Museum, Japan, go to:
http://digitalmuseum.rekibun.or.jp/app/collection/detail?ss=01&b1=1000200&b2=2000220&id=0108100018

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