Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige II Production date: 1865 (Keio 1) Okitsu: Shiohama At the right, the broad landscape of extended Suruga Gulf is illustrated. As the title “Shio-hama (salt beach)” suggests, people are refining salt at the cabins on the beach and the smoke are coming out from the cabins. The horse in front is about to deliver the firewood for the salt making cabins. The artist seal of this series is “Ryushou-ga (Picture by Ryushou)” and Ryushou is the name of Utagawa Hiroshige II. After Hiroshige I died in 1859, his pupil Shigenobu succeeded Hiroshige’s name and became Hiroshige II. Later, he succeeded the Hirosige I’s style in his work but by 1865, he changed artist name as Ryushou. “Fifty-three Stations of Toukaidou” was published in the year he changed his name and the series consisted of 56 works.

Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige II Production date: 1865 (Keio 1) Yui: Satsuta Pass The Satta (Written as Satsuta in Japanese) Pass was located between Yui post station and Okitsu post stations. In the picture, the tide is receded and people are walking on the beach. Since it is difficult to walk on the beach at the time of high tide, a pass to go over the mountain was also prepared. It is said the view of Mt. Fuji from Satta Pass was magnificent. The artist seal of this series is “Ryushou-ga (Picture by Ryushou)” and Ryushou is the name of Utagawa Hiroshige II. After Hiroshige I died in 1859, his pupil Shigenobu succeeded Hiroshige’s name and became Hiroshige II. Later, he succeeded the Hirosige I’s style in his work but by 1865, he changed artist name as Ryushou. “Fifty-three Stations of Toukaidou” was published in the year he changed his name and the series consisted of 56 works.

Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige II Production date: 1865 (Keio 1) Kambara: Iwabuchi “Iwabuchi” was ai-no-shuku, a rest spot located between Yoshiwara and Kambara post stations. Around here, there used to be koyasumi honjin or a rest spot ran by Tokiwa Family for the high rank Samurai and the name Iwabuchi still remains today. The river flows on the right is the Fuji River and ferry boats are illustrated. The artist seal of this series is “Ryushou-ga (Picture by Ryushou)” and Ryushou is the name of Utagawa Hiroshige II. After Hiroshige I died in 1859, his pupil Shigenobu succeeded Hiroshige’s name and became Hiroshige II. Later, he succeeded the Hirosige I’s style in his work but by 1865, he changed artist name as Ryushou. “Fifty-three Stations of Toukaidou” was published in the year he changed his name and the series consisted of 56 works.

Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige II Production date: 1865 (Keio 1) Yoshiwara: A View of Mt. Fuji Appears from the Left Side The Toukaidou Highway extends along the coastline of Pacific Ocean, therefore if a traveler moves from Tokyo to the direction of Kyoto, Mt. Fuji usually appears from the right. However, occasionally, at the section where the road is greatly curved, Mt. Fuji appears from the left, and people call this situation “Hidari Fuji”, literally means left Mt. Fuji. There are two places in the Toukaidou Highway that travelers can see Hidari Fuji and one is at Yoshiwara, as expressed in this work and the other is Nango of Chigasaki city. The people walking in the white outfits are the pilgrims. The artist seal of this series is “Ryushou-ga (Picture by Ryushou)” and Ryushou is the name of Utagawa Hiroshige II. After Hiroshige I died in 1859, his pupil Shigenobu succeeded Hiroshige’s name and became Hiroshige II. Later, he succeeded the Hirosige I’s style in his work but by 1865, he changed artist name as Ryushou. “Fifty-three Stations of Toukaidou” was published in the year he changed his name and the series consisted of 56 works.

Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige II Production date: 1865 (Keio 1) Numazu: A Distant View of Mt. Ashigara The mountain illustrated at the upper left side of picture is Mt. Fuji and as the title suggests, the mountains next to Mt. Fuji are Mt. Ashigara. Moving eyes to the below, a waitress tries to attract a traveler to the teahouse, the palanquin porters, and pilgrim are illustrated. A pilgrim shouldering a Buddhist Statue on his back is “rokujyu-roku-bu”, and he is on his way to visit 66 temples and dedicates 66 scrolls of Hokke-kyou (The Lotus Sutra) to each temples. The artist seal of this series is “Ryushou-ga (Picture by Ryushou)” and Ryushou is the name of Utagawa Hiroshige II. After Hiroshige I died in 1859, his pupil Shigenobu succeeded Hiroshige’s name and became Hiroshige II. Later, he succeeded the Hirosige I’s style in his work but by 1865, he changed artist name as Ryushou. “Fifty-three Stations of Toukaidou” was published in the year he changed his name and the series consisted of 56 works.