Utagawa Yoshikazu The production date: 1853 (Kaei 6) The Shirasuka Station print portrays Shiomizaka, a spot renowned for its an excellent view of the coast. Four pilgrims are walking in a line, wearing sedge caps, dressed in white robes, and hanging white pilgrim's sacks from their necks. The object which the lad at the rear is holding in his right hand may be a specimen of the famed peastone (pisolith). Yoshida Station was known for having many women eager to serve guests food and drink. A widely known ditty contained a verse about the “sleeves of a fawn beckoning from the second floor” when passing through Yoshida. Many Utagawa school ukiyo-e artists published the series “Fifty-three Stations of the Toukaidou Highway”. In this distinctive series, Yoshikazu introduced the legends and episodes that related to the post stations of the Toukaidou Highway humorously. Generally, he produced humorous pictures with horizontal small ko-ban size format. Utagawa Yoshikazu Date of birth and death unknown Yoshikazu was a pupil of Utagawa Kuniyoshi and active from the Kaei era till Meiji 3 (1848~1870). He also used the artist names such as Shunsai and Ichikawa. He produced many worrier pictures, kacho-ga (pictures of birds and flowers), and Yokohama-e (ukiyo-e depicting foreigner’s life styles or the scenes of Yokohama). He also produced illustrations of kusa-zoshi (books with illustrations ).

Utagawa Yoshikazu The production date: 1853 (Kaei 6) The Shirasuka Station print portrays Shiomizaka, a spot renowned for its an excellent view of the coast. Four pilgrims are walking in a line, wearing sedge caps, dressed in white robes, and hanging white pilgrim's sacks from their necks. The object which the lad at the rear is holding in his right hand may be a specimen of the famed peastone (pisolith). Yoshida Station was known for having many women eager to serve guests food and drink. A widely known ditty contained a verse about the “sleeves of a fawn beckoning from the second floor” when passing through Yoshida. Many Utagawa school ukiyo-e artists published the series “Fifty-three Stations of the Toukaidou Highway”. In this distinctive series, Yoshikazu introduced the legends and episodes that related to the post stations of the Toukaidou Highway humorously. Generally, he produced humorous pictures with horizontal small ko-ban size format. Utagawa Yoshikazu Date of birth and death unknown Yoshikazu was a pupil of Utagawa Kuniyoshi and active from the Kaei era till Meiji 3 (1848~1870). He also used the artist names such as Shunsai and Ichikawa. He produced many worrier pictures, kacho-ga (pictures of birds and flowers), and Yokohama-e (ukiyo-e depicting foreigner’s life styles or the scenes of Yokohama). He also produced illustrations of kusa-zoshi (books with illustrations ).

Utagawa Yoshikazu The production date: 1853 (Kaei 6) Like those at Goyu and Yoshida stations, the inns at Akasaka Station employed many serving women. Akasaka was such a lively town that some said there would be no point in traveling to and from Edo without Goyu, Akasaka, and Yoshida. In the print for Okazaki Station, Okazaki Castle, where Tokugawa Ieyasu was born, lies in the background, and Yahagi Bridge, which spanned the Yahagi River, in the foreground. The boy in the center is likened to Watonai, the protagonist of Kokusenya Kassen, a puppet-theater play. That story has a scene in which Watonai vanquishes a tiger with an amulet from the Ise Grand Shrine. In this print, however, the boy is raising a wooden amulet against a mere cat. Many Utagawa school ukiyo-e artists published the series “Fifty-three Stations of the Toukaidou Highway”. In this distinctive series, Yoshikazu introduced the legends and episodes that related to the post stations of the Toukaidou Highway humorously. Generally, he produced humorous pictures with horizontal small ko-ban size format. Utagawa Yoshikazu Date of birth and death unknown Yoshikazu was a pupil of Utagawa Kuniyoshi and active from the Kaei era till Meiji 3 (1848~1870). He also used the artist names such as Shunsai and Ichikawa. He produced many worrier pictures, kacho-ga (pictures of birds and flowers), and Yokohama-e (ukiyo-e depicting foreigner’s life styles or the scenes of Yokohama). He also produced illustrations of kusa-zoshi (books with illustrations ).

Wrritten by Kanagaki Robun　 Illustrated by Ochiai Yoshiiku Yaji-san pretends to be a famous calligrapher to the owner of a hotel, and he scribbled on the sliding paper of the hotel, without a feeling of guilt.

Wrritten by Kanagaki Robun　 Illustrated by Ochiai Yoshiiku Usually, they are joking around and full of zip. But sometimes, they get depressed.

Wrritten by Kanagaki Robun　 Illustrated by Ochiai Yoshiiku There was a stall for blowgun game and when the arrow that customer blows make a perfect hit, gimmicks and mechanical dolls appeared. Minakuchi was not particularly famous for this blowgun game, but it was one of the popular games of Edo period.

Wrritten by Kanagaki Robun　 Illustrated by Ochiai Yoshiiku Kusatsu’s famous local food was “uba-ga-mochi (a sweet dumpling)”. In the picture, Yaji-san who eat too much dumplings vomit them on the ground.