Okazaki, from the series Scenes of Famous Places along the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô meisho fûkei), also known as the Processional Tôkaidô (Gyôretsu Tôkaidô), here called Tôkaidô
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Source:
- Museum of Fine Arts Boston
- Image courtesy of
- Museum of Fine Arts Boston
Description
This meisho-e depicts Okazaki, the thirty-eighth post station along the Tōkaidō highway, as part of Kyosai's contribution to the Gyōretsu Tōkaidō series framing each station through the lens of a feudal procession. Okazaki was distinguished by its castle and the long wooden bridge spanning the Yahagi River — one of the three great bridges of the Tōkaidō. The composition likely positions a daimyo retinue crossing or approaching that bridge, with the castle silhouette anchoring the background. Kyosai's characteristic brushwork animates the processional figures, rendered with the economy and wit he brought even to conventional meisho-e formats. Printed in nishiki-e polychrome, the oban-format sheet employs bokashi gradations in the sky and water to establish spatial depth. The series title Gyōretsu Tōkaidō signals that travelers and processions, rather than landscape alone, provide the compositional framework.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Okazaki, from the series Scenes of Famous Places along the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô meisho fûkei), also known as the Processional Tôkaidô (Gyôretsu Tôkaidô), here called Tôkaidô was created by Kawanabe Kyosai (河鍋暁斎).
Yes — Okazaki, from the series Scenes of Famous Places along the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô meisho fûkei), also known as the Processional Tôkaidô (Gyôretsu Tôkaidô), here called Tôkaidô is part of the Scenes of Famous Places along the Tôkaidô Road series by Kawanabe Kyosai.
Okazaki, from the series Scenes of Famous Places along the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô meisho fûkei), also known as the Processional Tôkaidô (Gyôretsu Tôkaidô), here called Tôkaidô depicts transportation, tōkaidō, and travel scenes.