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Tōkaidō Prints (159)

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

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

Mitsuke: View of the Tenryu River (Mitsuke, Tenryugawa zu), from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi)," also known as the Hoeido Tokaido by Utagawa Hiroshige

Mitsuke: View of the Tenryu River (Mitsuke, Tenryugawa 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

Ishibe: Megawa Village (Ishibe, Megawa no sato), from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi)," also known as the Hoeido Tokaido by Utagawa Hiroshige

Ishibe: Megawa Village (Ishibe, Megawa no sato), 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

Kameyama: Weather Clearing after Snow (Kameyama, yukibare), from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi)," also known as the Hoeido Tokaido by Utagawa Hiroshige

Kameyama: Weather Clearing after Snow (Kameyama, yukibare), 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

Shōno: Driving Rain (Shōno hakuu), from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō (Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi), also known as the First Tōkaidō or Great Tōkaidō by Utagawa Hiroshige

Shōno: Driving Rain (Shōno hakuu), from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō (Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi), also known as the First Tōkaidō or Great Tōkaidō

c. 1833-36

Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Kanbara: Evening Snow (Kanbara, yoru no yuki), from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi)," also known as the Hoeido Tokaido by Utagawa Hiroshige

Kanbara: Evening Snow (Kanbara, yoru no yuki), 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

Hara, Yoshiwara, and Kanbara, from the series "Famous Places on the Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido, Three Stations (Tokaido gojusan eki sanshuku meisho)" by Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Hara, Yoshiwara, and Kanbara, from the series "Famous Places on the Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido, Three Stations (Tokaido gojusan eki sanshuku meisho)"

c. 1830/35

Color woodblock print; oban

Kanaya 金谷 (Kanaya) / Tokaido Munakata hanga (Munakata's Prints of the Tokaido Highway, No. 25) by Shiko Munakata

Kanaya 金谷 (Kanaya) / Tokaido Munakata hanga (Munakata's Prints of the Tokaido Highway, No. 25)

Mariko in Suruga Province: Comic Antics at the Inn (Shukuba no kyôgi), from the series Calligraphy and Pictures for the Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô (Shoga gojûsan eki) by Kawanabe Kyosai

Mariko in Suruga Province: Comic Antics at the Inn (Shukuba no kyôgi), from the series Calligraphy and Pictures for the Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô (Shoga gojûsan eki)

Woodblock print

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

Kawanabe Kyosai, Utagawa Hiroshige, and Katsushika Hokusai 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 159 prints tagged with tōkaidō, spanning ukiyo-e, shin-hanga, and sōsaku-hanga traditions where applicable.