Kunisada - Arai - The Fifty-three Pairings for the Tokaido

Kunisada

Arai. The Fifty-three Pairings for the Tokaido. There is a woman with a travel diary in her hand on the Hamana bridge. The woman has an Ohaguro and she has a brush in her mouth. Ohaguro is the custom to paint the teeth black and was common among aristocrats and married women in Japan.

Published by: Kojima Jubei 

Date: 1845.

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/A_2008-3037-04335

https://www.hiroshige.org.uk/Tokaido_Series/Tokaido_Pairs.htm 

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