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 |
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