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Tōkaidō Prints (128)

Prints depicting the Tōkaidō — the Edo-period highway connecting Edo (Tokyo) with the imperial capital Kyoto, with its 53 post stations.

Artists Known for Tōkaidō

Hunting Boar in the Mountains of Hakone (Hakone sanchû inoshishigari), 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 meisho no uchi by Kawanabe Kyosai

Hunting Boar in the Mountains of Hakone (Hakone sanchû inoshishigari), 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 meisho no uchi

Woodblock print

Snipe Marsh (Shigi tatsu sawa), 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 meisho no uchi by Kawanabe Kyosai

Snipe Marsh (Shigi tatsu sawa), 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 meisho no uchi

Woodblock print

Cattle Sheds at Takanawa (Takanawa ushigoya), 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 by Kawanabe Kyosai

Cattle Sheds at Takanawa (Takanawa ushigoya), 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

Woodblock print

Okitsu, 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 by Kawanabe Kyosai

Okitsu, 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

Woodblock print

Images of the Fifteen Ashikaga Shoguns at the Tôji-in in Kyoto (Kyôto Tôji-in, Ashikaga jûgodai mokuzô no zu), from the series Scenes of Famous Places along the Tôkaidô Road, aka Processional Tôkaidô (Gyôretsu Tôkaidô), here called Tôkaidô meisho no uchi by Kawanabe Kyosai

Images of the Fifteen Ashikaga Shoguns at the Tôji-in in Kyoto (Kyôto Tôji-in, Ashikaga jûgodai mokuzô no zu), from the series Scenes of Famous Places along the Tôkaidô Road, aka Processional Tôkaidô (Gyôretsu Tôkaidô), here called Tôkaidô meisho no uchi

Woodblock print

Nachi Waterfall (Nachi no taki), 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 meisho no uchi by Kawanabe Kyosai

Nachi Waterfall (Nachi no taki), 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 meisho no uchi

Woodblock print

Mirage at Kuwana (Kuwana shinkirô), 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 meisho no uchi by Kawanabe Kyosai

Mirage at Kuwana (Kuwana shinkirô), 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 meisho no uchi

Woodblock print

Miho no Matsubara, 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 meisho no uchi by Kawanabe Kyosai

Miho no Matsubara, 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 meisho no uchi

Woodblock print

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 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

Woodblock print

Morning of a Nô Performance (Onô haiken asaban), 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 meisho no uchi by Kawanabe Kyosai

Morning of a Nô Performance (Onô haiken asaban), 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 meisho no uchi

Woodblock print

Tsuchiyama: The Suzuka Mountains and Sakanoshita (Tsuchiyama, Suzukayama Sakanoshita), 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 by Kawanabe Kyosai

Tsuchiyama: The Suzuka Mountains and Sakanoshita (Tsuchiyama, Suzukayama Sakanoshita), 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

Woodblock print

The Atsuta Shrine at Miya Station (Miya eki Atsuta no yashiro), 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 meisho no uchi by Kawanabe Kyosai

The Atsuta Shrine at Miya Station (Miya eki Atsuta no yashiro), 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 meisho no uchi

Woodblock print

The Snake Pine at Tago Bay (Tago no ura hebimatsu), 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 meisho no uchi by Kawanabe Kyosai

The Snake Pine at Tago Bay (Tago no ura hebimatsu), 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 meisho no uchi

Woodblock print

Fujisawa, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi) by Katsushika Hokusai

Fujisawa, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)

Woodblock print

Hiratsuka, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi) by Katsushika Hokusai

Hiratsuka, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)

Woodblock print

Kanagawa, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi) by Katsushika Hokusai

Kanagawa, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)

Woodblock print

Odawara, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi) by Katsushika Hokusai

Odawara, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)

Woodblock print

Shinagawa, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi) by Katsushika Hokusai

Shinagawa, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)

Woodblock print

Fujieda, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)" by Katsushika Hokusai

Fujieda, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)"

c. 1806

Color woodblock print; chuban

Hara, from the series ""Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)"" by Katsushika Hokusai

Hara, from the series ""Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)""

c. 1806

Color woodblock print; chuban

Fuchu, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)" by Katsushika Hokusai

Fuchu, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)"

c. 1806

Color woodblock print; chuban

Kameyama, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)" by Katsushika Hokusai

Kameyama, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)"

c. 1806

Color woodblock print; chuban

Yui, from the series ""Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)"" by Katsushika Hokusai

Yui, from the series ""Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)""

c. 1806

Color woodblock print; chuban

Numatsu, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)" by Katsushika Hokusai

Numatsu, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)"

c. 1806

Color woodblock print; chuban

Ejiri, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)" by Katsushika Hokusai

Ejiri, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)"

c. 1806

Color woodblock print; chuban

Yoshiwara, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)" by Katsushika Hokusai

Yoshiwara, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)"

c. 1806

Color woodblock print; chuban

Kanaya, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)" by Katsushika Hokusai

Kanaya, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)"

c. 1806

Color woodblock print; chuban

Kuwana, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)" by Katsushika Hokusai

Kuwana, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)"

c. 1806

Color woodblock print; chuban

Shono, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)" by Katsushika Hokusai

Shono, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)"

c. 1806

Color woodblock print; chuban

Futagawa, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)" by Katsushika Hokusai

Futagawa, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)"

c. 1806

Color woodblock print; chuban

Seki, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)" by Katsushika Hokusai

Seki, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)"

c. 1806

Color woodblock print; chuban

Ouchiyama, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)" by Katsushika Hokusai

Ouchiyama, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)"

c. 1806

Color woodblock print; chuban

Tsuchiyama, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)" by Katsushika Hokusai

Tsuchiyama, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)"

c. 1806

Color woodblock print; chuban

Yoshida, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)" by Katsushika Hokusai

Yoshida, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)"

c. 1806

Color woodblock print; chuban

Akasaka, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)" by Katsushika Hokusai

Akasaka, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)"

c. 1806

Color woodblock print; chuban

Maisaka, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)" by Katsushika Hokusai

Maisaka, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)"

c. 1806

Color woodblock print; chuban

Minakuchi, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)" by Katsushika Hokusai

Minakuchi, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)"

c. 1806

Color woodblock print; chuban

Shono, from an untitled series of the fifty-three stations of the Tokaido by Katsushika Hokusai

Shono, from an untitled series of the fifty-three stations of the Tokaido

c. 1804

Color woodblock print; kokonotsugiri-ban

Totsuka, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi) by Katsushika Hokusai

Totsuka, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)

Woodblock print

Oiso, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi) by Katsushika Hokusai

Oiso, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)

Woodblock print

Hodogaya, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi) by Katsushika Hokusai

Hodogaya, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)

Woodblock print

Nihonbashi, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi) by Katsushika Hokusai

Nihonbashi, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)

Woodblock print

Ishiyakushi, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi) by Katsushika Hokusai

Ishiyakushi, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)

Woodblock print

Kawasaki, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi) by Katsushika Hokusai

Kawasaki, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)

Woodblock print

Sakanoshita, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)" by Katsushika Hokusai

Sakanoshita, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)"

c. 1806

Color woodblock print; chuban

Ishibei, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)" by Katsushika Hokusai

Ishibei, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)"

c. 1806

Color woodblock print; chuban

Four Stations: Okabe, Fujieda, Shimada and Kanaya, from the series Famous Views of the Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road (Tōkaidō gojūsan eki yonshuku meisho) by Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Four Stations: Okabe, Fujieda, Shimada and Kanaya, from the series Famous Views of the Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road (Tōkaidō gojūsan eki yonshuku meisho)

Edo period, circa 1830-1835 (Tenpō 1-6)

Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "ōban" format; ink and color on paper, with printed signature reading "Ichiyūsai Kuniyoshi ga"

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)" 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)"

c. 1830/35

Color woodblock print; oban

Hiratsuka: Nawate Road (Hiratsuka, Nawate michi), from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi)," also known as the Hoeido Tokaido by Utagawa Hiroshige

Hiratsuka: Nawate Road (Hiratsuka, Nawate michi), from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi)," also known as the Hoeido Tokaido

c. 1833/34

Color woodblock print; oban

No 24 Shimada Oi-gawa Shungan / Tokaido Gojusan-tsugi no uchi by Utagawa Hiroshige

No 24 Shimada Oi-gawa Shungan / Tokaido Gojusan-tsugi no uchi

Woodblock print

THE FIFTY-THREE STATIONS OF THE TOKAIDO by Utagawa Hiroshige

THE FIFTY-THREE STATIONS OF THE TOKAIDO

19th century

Ink on paper

Nihon Bridge: Morning Scene (Nihonbashi, asa no kei), from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi)," also known as the Hoeido Tokaido by Utagawa Hiroshige

Nihon Bridge: Morning Scene (Nihonbashi, asa no kei), from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi)," also known as the Hoeido Tokaido

c. 1833/34

Color woodblock print; oban

Shimada: The Suruga Bank of the Oi River (Shimada, Oigawa Sungan), from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi)," also known as the Hoeido Tokaido by Utagawa Hiroshige

Shimada: The Suruga Bank of the Oi River (Shimada, Oigawa Sungan), from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi)," also known as the Hoeido Tokaido

c. 1833/34

Color woodblock print; oban

Oiso: Tora's Rain (Oiso, Tora ga ame), from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi)," also known as the Hoeido Tokaido by Utagawa Hiroshige

Oiso: Tora's Rain (Oiso, Tora ga ame), from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi)," also known as the Hoeido Tokaido

c. 1833/34

Color woodblock print; oban

Miya: Religious Festival at Atsuta Shrine (Miya, Atsuta shinji), from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi)," also known as the Hoeido Tokaido by Utagawa Hiroshige

Miya: Religious Festival at Atsuta Shrine (Miya, Atsuta shinji), from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi)," also known as the Hoeido Tokaido

c. 1833/34

Color woodblock print; oban

Arai: View of Ferryboats (Arai, watashibune no zu), from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi)," also known as the Hoeido Tokaido by Utagawa Hiroshige

Arai: View of Ferryboats (Arai, watashibune no zu), from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi)," also known as the Hoeido Tokaido

c. 1833/34

Color woodblock print; oban

No 31,Maisaka Imagire kaijofune-watashi / Tokaido Gojusan-tsugi no uchi by Utagawa Hiroshige

No 31,Maisaka Imagire kaijofune-watashi / Tokaido Gojusan-tsugi no uchi

Woodblock print

Fujikawa: View of Post Outskirts (Fujikawa, bohana no zu), from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi)," also known as the Hoeido Tokaido by Utagawa Hiroshige

Fujikawa: View of Post Outskirts (Fujikawa, bohana no zu), from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi)," also known as the Hoeido Tokaido

c. 1833/34

Color woodblock print; oban

Fujisawa: Yugyo Temple (Fujisawa, Yugyoji), from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi)," also known as the Hoeido Tokaido by Utagawa Hiroshige

Fujisawa: Yugyo Temple (Fujisawa, Yugyoji), from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi)," also known as the Hoeido Tokaido

c. 1833/34

Color woodblock print; oban

Hakone: View of the Lake (Hakone, kosui no zu), from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi)," also known as the Hoeido Tokaido by Utagawa Hiroshige

Hakone: View of the Lake (Hakone, kosui no zu), from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi)," also known as the Hoeido Tokaido

c. 1833/34

Color woodblock print; oban

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Frequently Asked Questions

Prints depicting the Tōkaidō — the Edo-period highway connecting Edo (Tokyo) with the imperial capital Kyoto, with its 53 post stations.

Utagawa Hiroshige, Katsushika Hokusai, and Kawanabe Kyosai are among the artists most associated with tōkaidō in our collection. Browse the full list of artists who explored this subject above.

Hanga currently catalogues 128 prints tagged with tōkaidō, spanning ukiyo-e, shin-hanga, and sōsaku-hanga traditions where applicable.