Utagawa Sadahide (Gyokuransai) The production date: 1865 (Keiou 1) The event of the Fourteenth Shougun Tokugawa Iemochi’s procession from Tokyo to Kyoto was one of the popular themes for ukiyo-e print, and various series of the Fifty-three stations of the Toukaidou Highway that related to this event were published. These works were called “Gojouraku Toukaidou (Samurai’s procession along the Toukaidou Highway)” or “Gyouretsu Toukaidou” (lit. Processional Toukaidou) and became a major hit. As a consequence, many editions were published. This popularity shows people’s high interest to the political issues at the end of the Edo period. Sadahide was known for his premier bird’s-eye view expression and this work also demonstrates his talent.

Utagawa Yoshitoyo 1854-1866 Es una pintura a vista de pájaro del Monte Fuji y las áreas aledañas con indicaciones de lugares famosos a lo largo de la carretera. Sadahide (Hashimoto Gyokuransai) era un artista conocido como maestro de la perspectiva a vista de pájaro y produjo numerosas pinturas a vista de pájaro convirtiéndose en precursor del posterior artista Yoshida Hatsusaburo.

Keisai Eisen 1825 Esta obra pertenece a la colección de retratos de cortesanas del burdel Yoshiwara y de paisajes de las estaciones de la carretera Tokaido. Matsushima era una costesana popular de la Casa Sano-Matsuya en aquel entonces. A la derecha de la ilustración hay un kimono masculino colgado en el biombo. El fuego en el brasero indica que es una mañana helada.

Toyohara Kunichika 1882 O ponto de partida é Kyoto e o de chegada é Tóquio. Este sugoroku retrata atores que interpretam papéis famosos em peças de Kabuki relacionadas com as estações postais de Toukaidou. Fujisawa é representada por Onoe Kikugorou, que interpretou Benten Kozou Kikunosuke, personagem principal de Aoto Zoushi Hana no Nishikie (conhecido também como “Shiranami Gonin Otoko”).

Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige The production date: 1852 (Kaei 5), Publisher: Ebisu-ya Shoushichi This sugoroku board game starts from Nihonbashi Bridge of Tokyo and the goal is Kyoto. There was a different travel route that does not go through post stations of the Toukaidou Highway. In this picture, Oiwake, the folk of Yotsuya is illustrated using a single space and the route goes through places such as Shin’machi of Kanagawa post station, via Sugita, Kanazawa, Kamakura, Enoshima Island and comes back to Fujisawa post station. At the Fujisawa post station, “satou-zuke (confection)” is illustrated as the local specialty. It was a famous souvenir of Fujisawa, and the sweets shop where satou-zuke was sold during the Edo period still exists today. “Oiwake, the Folk of Yotsuya” is the next space of Fujisawa. A signpost “The Road to Mt. Oyama”, which still exists today, a wood sword , the offering to the Mt. Oyama and pilgrim to Mt. Oyama carrying the omiki-waku (the liquor or water containers) is illustrated at Yotsuya. People used omiki-waku to bring back the liquor dedicated to the shrine and the holy water from Mt. Oyama. 

Utagawa Kunisato 1856 En esta obra se ilustra el ajetreo de la Ceremonia de Kaichou de Enoshima Benzaiten realizada en el templo Eidai-ji de Fukagawa, Edo (actual Tokio). Según la documentación sobre la Ceremonia de Kaichou en 1856, hubo escasa concurrencia de los peregrinos debido a la tormenta que había derribado los puestos de venta de comidas y souvenirs. Esta obra fue publicada antes de la ceremonia actual en espera de la exhibición, y la muchedumbre ilustrada es imaginaria.

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