Hiroshige - The 53 Stations of the Tōkaidō (1840-42 Kyōka edition) Ukiyo-e [HD]

Описание: The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tōkaidō (東海道五十三次, Tōkaidō Gojūsan-tsugi), in the Kyōka edition is a series of ukiyo-e woodcut prints created by Utagawa Hiroshige in 1840-1842 after the popularity of his first series on the same subject in 1833-34.

The Tōkaidō road, linking the shōgun's capital, Edo, to the imperial one, Kyōto, was the main travel and transport artery of old Japan. It is also the most important of the "Five Roads" (Gokaidō)—the five major roads of Japan created or developed during the Edo period to further strengthen the control of the central shogunate administration over the whole country.

Even though the Hōeidō edition of 1833-34 is by far the best known, The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tōkaidō was such a popular subject that it led Hiroshige to create additional series of woodcut prints on it, all very different one from the other by their size (ōban or chuban), their designs or even their number (some series include just a few prints). This video includes all the prints of the Kyōka edition of 1840-42.

Utagawa Hiroshige (歌川 広重), born Andō Hiroshige (安藤 広重) (1797 – 12 October 1858), was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist, considered the last great master of that tradition.

The 53 Stations of the Tōkaidō are the rest areas along the Tōkaidō, which was a coastal route that ran from Nihonbashi in Edo (modern-day Tokyo) to Sanjō Ōhashi in Kyoto. There were originally 53 government post stations along the Tōkaidō, where travelers had to present traveling permits at each station if wanting to cross.