Ishiyakushi, Oka Jizō from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō

 

Japanese Color Woodblock Print

Ishiyakushi, Oka Jizō

from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō

by Utagawa Hiroshige II, 1865


IHL Cat. #525

About This Print

Source:Information on this station taken from the wikipedia article "53 Stations of the Tōkaidō."
Print number 45 in this series of 581 prints titled Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road issued in October 1865, depicting Ishiyakushi the forty-fourth station along the Tōkaidō. It is located in the present-day city of Suzuka, Mie Prefecture, Japan. It received its name from the nearby Buddhist temple, Ishiyakushi-ji which can be seen in the background of this print.

1 The 58 prints are made up of the 55 views of the 53 stations (includes two alternate states of prints for Minakuchi station and Ishibe station) plus the Nihonbashi starting point print and two Kyoto terminus point prints.

About the Series

See the section titled "The 1865 Series Tōkaidō gojūsan eki (Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō)" under Utagawa Hiroshige II (1826-1869) for details on this series.

Print Details

 IHL Catalog #525
 Title or Description Ishiyakushi: Oka Jizō Temple (Ishiyakushi - Oka Jizō 石薬師 岡地蔵 )
 Series
 Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road (東海道五拾三駅 Tôkaidô gojûsan eki)
 Artist  Utagawa Hiroshige II (1826-1869)
 Signature Risshō ga
 Seal  none
 Publication Date 1865 (Keiô 1), 10th month
 Publisher Maruya Tetsujirō
 Impression good
 Colors good
 Condition fair -  thinning top corners where previously mounted; minor diagonal folds in corners; minor fading and soiling
 Genre ukiyo-e, fûkei-ga
 Miscellaneous 
 Format vertical chûban
 H x W Paper
 9 5/8 x 7 1/4 in. (17.5 x 23.5 cm)
 Literature

 Collections This Print
 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 11.20700