Japanese woodblock

Kusatsu (Station N°53).

This plate depicts a group of travellers and a retaurant. Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido. Japanese woodblock print from circa 1950, from Hiroshige (1797-1858). That beautiful woodblock reprint by the publisher Takamizawa, was done exactly as the originals.

An artist carved a woodblock, one for each color, and hand printed each print one color at a time. In the 1830's Hiroshige traveled from Edo (Tokyo) to Kyoto along the Tokaido road. He immediately returned to Edo after the trip and began his masterwork woodblock series. Good condition.

Date of publication : 1950

Author : Hiroshige

Sheet marks :
15.72 inch X 10.61 inch

Plate marks :
14.15 inch X 8.65 inch