Mitsuke (Translation)
Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Series Title)
東海道五十三次之內 見附 天竜川図 (Primary Title)
Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重, Japanese, 1797 - 1858 (Artist)
Mitsuke is situated on the Tokaido’s middle stretch, about halfway between Edo and Kyoto. While some waters were shallow enough to wade across, others, like the Tenryu River shown here, required ferries or riverboats to provide travelers passage back and forth. Beached on a sandbar, two ferrymen watch as samurai, attendants, and horses continue across the river in another set of boats. Mist obscures the shoreline, but the tops of trees are visible in the distance.
Edo period (1615-1868)
廣重画 Hiroshige ga
Publisher's seal: 保永堂 Hoeido
Censor's seal: 極 kiwame
東海道五十三次之內 見附
General Endowment Fund
House of Heydenryk, 27 August 1954- 1971
Strange, Edward Fairbrother. "The Colour-prints of Hiroshige". Vol. 1. London: Cassell & Company, Limited, 1925.
Hiroshige, Ando. "The Fifty-Three Stages of the Tokaido". Edited by Ichitaro Kondo. Translated by Charles S. Terry. Vol. 1. Tokyo: Heibonsha, 1960. Plate 29.
Hiroshige, Ando. "The Fifty-Three Stages of the Tokaido". Edited by Ichitaro Kondo. Translated by Charles S. Terry. Vol. 1. Tokyo: Heibonsha, 1960. Plate 29.
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