This [oban](/glossary/oban) condenses four stations from the eastern end of the Tokaido — Nihonbashi, Shinagawa, Kawasaki, and Kanagawa — into a single sheet, beginning at the great bridge that marked Edo's official starting point. Nihonbashi, with its fish market and the procession of daimyo retinues departing for the western provinces, was among the most vivid urban scenes on the highway. Kuniyoshi's multi-station sheets from c. 1830-35 offer a condensed visual tour of the entire 53-station journey through individual collector prints.
Woodblock print
1928
Color lithograph
1930
Color lithograph
1948
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Nihonbashi, Shinagawa, Kawasaki, and Kanagawa, from the series "Famous Places on the Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido, Four Stations (Tokaido gojusan eki yonshuku meisho)" was created by Utagawa Kuniyoshi (歌川国芳) in c. 1830/35.
Yes — Nihonbashi, Shinagawa, Kawasaki, and Kanagawa, from the series "Famous Places on the Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido, Four Stations (Tokaido gojusan eki yonshuku meisho)" is part of the Famous Places on the Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido, Four Stations (Tokaido gojusan eki yonshuku meisho) series by Utagawa Kuniyoshi.
Nihonbashi, Shinagawa, Kawasaki, and Kanagawa, from the series "Famous Places on the Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido, Four Stations (Tokaido gojusan eki yonshuku meisho)" depicts urban scenes, tōkaidō, and travel scenes, set at Nihonbashi.