About This Print
Two lonely travelers on horseback cross river flowing into Sagami Bay on their way to, or from, Ōiso, the 9th station along the Tōkaidō Road which connected Edo (modern day Tokyo), where the shōgun resided, to Kyoto, where the emperor resided.
About the Series
One of two series of chuban-size vertical prints designed by the artist depicting the stations along the Tōkaidō. This series titled simply Tōkaidō Road (東海道) was published by Tsutaya Kichizō (the same publisher who published Utagawa Hiroshige I's famous "Vertical Tōkaidō" series1) between the 8th month of 1863 and the 12th month of 1867, a period of over three years. It is not known why the publishing period was so extended for these prints. Hiroshige II's other series titled Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō (東海道五拾三駅) was issued by the publisher Maruya Tetsujirō in the 10th month of 1865 and is represented by a number of prints in this collection.
1 The formal name of the "vertical Tōkaidō" series is Famous Sights of the Fifty-three Stations [Gojūsan tsugi meisho zue], published in 1855.
Print Details
| IHL Catalog | #1203 |
| Title or Description | Ōiso 大磯 (Print no. 9 in the series) |
| Series | Tōkaidō Road (東海道) |
| Artist | Utagawa Hiroshige II (1826-1869) |
| Signature |  |
| Seal | none |
| Publication Date |  卯十二改 Hare 12 aratame |
| Publisher |  |
| Impression | good |
| Colors | excellent |
| Condition | good - mounting remnants verso in six spots; rubbing in the signature cartouche |
| Genre | ukiyo-e, fūkei-ga |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Format | vertical chūban |
| H x W Paper | 9 1/16 x 6 7/8 in. (23 x 17.5 cm) |
| Literature | 8 7/16 x 6 1/2 in. (21.4 x 16.5 cm) |
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