Hiroshige II's series 'Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō (Tōkaidō gojūsan eki)' (1865)


Introduction

This page attempts to catalog all known prints in Hiroshige II's series 'Tōkaidō gojūsan eki (東海道 五拾三 驛 - Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō)'.

The series title is in the horizontal rectangular cartouche at the top of the print; the title of each individual print is in the upper right corner of the image.

The series dates from the end of Hiroshige II's career, when he was about thirty-nine years old. At this point, he had just started using the name Risshō, and the prints in this series are signed 'Risshō'.


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) Title (English) Description
#1 1865/10 日本橋 繁栄之図 Nihonbashi - Han'ei no zu Nihonbashi: Picture of Prosperity
#2 1865/10 品川 新宿いり口 Shinjuku iriguchi Entrance to Shinjuku
#3 1865/10 川崎 六江舟渡し Kawasaki - Rokkō funawatashi Kawasaki: Ferry at Rokkō
#4 1865/10 加奈川 Kanagawa - Kanagawa:
#5 1865/10 程ヶ谷 かたびら橋 Hodogaya - Katabira-bashi Hodogaya: Katabira Bridge
#6 1865/10 戸塚 焼餅坂 Totsuka - Yakimochizaka Totsuka: Dumpling Slope
#7 1865/10 藤澤 追分屋 Fujisawa - Oiwakeya Fujisawa: Shops at the Crossroads
#8 1865/10 平塚 高らひ寺 山 望景 Hiratsuka - Kōrai-ji yama bōkei Hiratsuka: Distant View of Kōrai-ji Temple and Mount (Koma)
#9 1865/10 大磯 小ゆるぎの磯 Ōiso - Koyurugi no iso Ōiso: Unsteady Beach
#10 1865/10 小田原 Odawara - Odawara:
#11 1865/10 箱根 やま中 Hakone - Yama naka Hakone: In the Mountains
#12 1865/10 三嶋 Mishima - Mishima:
#13 1865/10 沼津 足柄やま遠望 Numazu - Ashigara yama enbō Numazu: Distant View of Ashigara Mountains
#14 1865/10 原 富士沼 Hara - Fuji numa Hara: Fuji Swamp
#15 1865/10 吉原 Yoshiwara - Yoshiwara:
#16 1865/10 蒲原 Kambara - Kambara:
#17 1865/10 由井 Yui - Yui:
#18 1865/10 奥津 Okitsu - Okitsu:
#19 1865/10 江尻 Ejiri - Ejiri:
#20 1865/10 府中 Fuchū - Fuchū:
#21 1865/10 鞠子 Mariko - Mariko:
#22 1865/10 岡部 Okabe - Okabe:
#23 1865/10 藤枝 Fujieda - Fujieda:
#24 1865/10 嶋田 大井川 Shimada - Ōi-gawa Shimada: Ōi River
#25 1865/10 金谷 Kanaya - Kanaya:
#26 1865/10 日坂 Nissaka - Nissaka:
#27 1865/10 掛川 Kakegawa - Kakegawa:
#28 1865/10 袋井 名ふつ大凧 Fukuroi - Meibutsu ōdako Fukuroi: The Famous Big Kites
#29 1865/10 見附 Mitsuke - Mitsuke:
#30 1865/10 濵枩 Hamamatsu - Hamamatsu:
#31 1865/10 舞坂 Maisaka - Maisaka:
#32 1865/10 荒井 舟渡し Arai - Funawatashi Arai: Ferry
#33 1865/10 白須賀 Shirasuka - Shirasuka:
#34 1865/10 二川 Futugawa - Futugawa:
#35 1865/10 吉田 Yoshida - Yoshida:
#36 1865/10 御油 Goyu - Goyu:
#37 1865/10 赤坂 Akasaka - Akasaka:
#38 1865/10 藤川 Fujikawa - Fujikawa:
#39 1865/10 岡崎 Okazaki - Okazaki:
#40 1865/10 池鯉鮒 馬市 Chiryū - Uma ichi Chiryū: Horse Fair
#41 1865/10 鳴海 しぼりやみせ Narumi - Shiboriya mise Narumi: Shibori Tie-dyeing Shops
#42 1865/10 Miya - Miya:
#43 1865/10 桑名 Kuwana - Kuwana:
#44 1865/10 四日市 Yokkaichi - Yokkaichi:
#45 1865/10 石薬師 岡地蔵 Ishiyakushi - Oka Jizō Ishiyakushi: Oka Jizō Temple
#46 1865/10 庄野 一り塚 Shōno - Ichirizuka Shōno: Ichirizuka
#47 1865/10 かめやま 雪中 Kameyama - Setchū Kameyama: In the Snow
#48 1865/10 関 本陣 Seki - Honjin Seki: Inn for Daimyō
#49 1865/10 坂;之下 Sakanoshita - Sakanoshita:
#50 1865/10 土山 鈴かやま Tsuchiyama - Suzuka yama Tsuchiyama: Suzuka Mountains
#51 (state A) 1865/10 水口 名物干瓢 Minakuchi - Meibutsu kanpyō Minakuchi: Famous Dried Squash Presumably the blocks for the first image for this stage (and the next, since they were printed in pairs) were lost, and a new image was carved. It is not known which state of the two is the earlier.
#51 (state B) 1865/10 水口 名物干瓢 Minakuchi - Meibutsu kanpyō Minakuchi: Famous Dried Squash Alternative image for this stage.
#52 (state A) 1865/10 石部 春の景 Ishibe - Haru no kage Ishibe: Signs of Spring Presumably the blocks for the first image for this stage (and the previous, since they were printed in pairs) were lost, and a new image was carved. It is not known which state of the two is the earlier.
#52B (state B) 1865/10 石部 春の景 Ishibe - Haru no kage Ishibe: Signs of Spring Alternative image for this stage.
#53 1865/10 草津 Kusatsu - Kusatsu:
#54 1865/10 大津 Ōtsu - Ōtsu:
#55 1865/10 Kyō(to) - Kyōto:
The End (Daibi - 大尾) 1865/10 京都 内裏 Kyoto - Dairi Kyoto: The Imperial Palace

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