Hiroshige II's series 'The Tōkaidō (Tōkaidō)' (1867)



Introduction


This page attempts to catalog all known prints in
Hiroshige II's
series 'Tōkaidō (東海道 - The
Tōkaidō)' from 1867, the later of two identically-named series.




The stage name is at the bottom of the rectangular cartouche in the top
right corner, and the series title is at the top.




The prints in this series date from toward the end of Hiroshige
II's career, when he was about forty-one years old. At this point, he had
stopped
using the name
'Hiroshige', which he had taken up after his master
Hiroshige I
had died, and Hiroshige III had taken over the
gō
'Hiroshige'; Hiroshige II was now using the gō 'Risshō'.




He did two very similar series of this name, in the vertical
chūban format; the ones in this series can be easily
distinquished because the ones from this series are signed 'Risshō'. In
all other respects (title cartouche format, etc), the two series are
identical.




It is certain that they are different series, however: images of the complete
earlier series
are available
here,
here,
and
here,
and it can be seen that the images shown here do not match.








Technical details











The Prints


To see a larger, roughly full-screen, image of any print, please click on the
thumbnail; these images are sized to produce fine detail, and are only moderately
compressed.








Images
Number
Date
Title (Kanji)
Title (Romaji)
Comments










#1

日本橋
Nihonbashi

  







#2

品川
Shinagawa

  



















#9
1867/12
大磯
Ōiso

  







#10
1867/12
小田原
Odawara

  











#13

沼津
Numazu

  







#14

原
Hara

  
















































#35

吉田
Yoshida

  







#36

御油
Goyu

  











#39

岡崎
Okazaki

  







#40

池鯉鮒
Chirifu

  







#41

鳴海
Narumi

  







#42

宮
Miya

  











#45

石薬師
(石藥師)		
Ishiyakushi

  







#46

庄野
Shōno

  






























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