Hokusai's own Tokaido series (Tokaido gojusan tsugi) is often overshadowed by Hiroshige's Hoeido edition, but offers a distinctively angular, powerful interpretation of the road by Japan's greatest master.
Hodogaya station, the third stop on the Tokaido highway west of its Edo terminus at Nihonbashi, appears in this print from Hokusai's Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido series (Tokaido gojusan tsugi). Hodogaya was the last station before the long ascent into the Hakone mountains began, lending it a character as a town of final comfort before the journey's most arduous passage.
1821
Color woodblock print with metallic pigments; surimono shikishiban
1822
Color woodblock print; shikishiban, surimono
1822
Color woodblock print; shikishiban, surimono
c. 1832
Color woodblock print; oban
1932
Color woodblock print; oban
c. 1833/34
Color woodblock print; oban
c. 1833/34
Color woodblock print; oban
1935
Color woodblock print; oban
Hodogaya, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi) was created by Katsushika Hokusai (葛飾北斎).
Yes — Hodogaya, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi) is part of the Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido series (print 5 of 55) by Katsushika Hokusai.
Hodogaya, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi) depicts tōkaidō, animals, and travel scenes.