Yoshitoshi - The Fan Tokaido

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

Hiratsuka is the seventh station on the Tōkaidō, on Sagami Bay, on the other side of the Miura Peninsula from Edo. The large rounded feature in the middle of the print is Mount Koma; Mount Fuji is seen behind and to the right of it.

This famous Tokaido series was a colloborative effort by several artists and publishers, including Yoshitoshi and Hiroshige II; of the prints in the series, 15 were the work of Yoshitoshi. The series commemorated the journey of the Shogun down the Tōkaidō from Edo to Kyōto to visit the Emperor, in the second month of 1863.

The name of this series comes from the shape of the title cartouche used in these prints, i.e. a fan. That cartouche contains the series name, and also the individual stage name.

Date: 1865

Condition: Very good color, backed on thin Edo-era paper.

Genre: Ukiyo-e

Medium: Woodblock Print

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