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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

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.

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.