Catalog record · 目録番号 22709
A Compendium of Famous Products along the Tokaido Road
Catalog note / 解説
This is a well-used and somewhat worn monochrome Japanese 'uchiwa-e' (rigid fan print). Hiroshige's design reveals the growing fascination with food and other regional products that accompanied the increase in travel during the Edo period (1615-1868). It shows seven kinds of foodstuff associated with particular post-stations along the Tokaido Highway. From top to bottom and right to left they are: 'Seto no Someii', yellow-dyed rice from Seto (near Fujieda, the 22nd post-station); 'Abekawamochi', rice cakes from Abekawa (near Fuchu, the 19th post-station); 'Kuwana no Yakihamaguri', baked clams from Kuwana (42nd post-station); 'Kusatsu Ubagamochi', rice cakes from Kusatsu (52nd post-station);…
Image record / 画像情報
VAM · ca. 1848-1850 · vam
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