No. 56: Mieji, from the series "Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido (Kisokaido rokujukyu tsugi no uchi)"
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- c. 1835/38
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From Hiroshige's Hoeido Tokaido (1833–34), considered his greatest achievement and among the finest landscape print series in Japanese art. The Hoeido edition is worth many times more than Hiroshige's later Tokaido series. Early impressions show the distinctive crisp bokashi gradation that later wears away.
Mieji, station 56 on the Kisokaido, marks the highway's descent toward the Mino plain as it leaves the mountains behind. This [oban](/glossary/oban) print from the "Sixty-nine Stations" series captures the transitional terrain where highland cedar forests give way to broader agricultural land. The station offered travelers a welcome flattening of the road after the punishing mountain passes of the upper Kiso.
c. 1835/38
Color woodblock print; oban
c. 1835/38
Color woodblock print; oban
c. 1835/38
Color woodblock print; oban
c. 1835/38
Color woodblock print; oban
No. 56: Mieji, from the series "Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido (Kisokaido rokujukyu tsugi no uchi)" was created by Utagawa Hiroshige (歌川広重) in c. 1835/38.
Yes — No. 56: Mieji, from the series "Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido (Kisokaido rokujukyu tsugi no uchi)" is part of the Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaidō series by Utagawa Hiroshige.
No. 56: Mieji, from the series "Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido (Kisokaido rokujukyu tsugi no uchi)" depicts kisokaidō and travel scenes.
