Artist

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797~1858)

Japanese Woodblock Print  Name 

No.018 - 17th Station Okitsu  興津　興津川

From The 53 Stations of the Tōkaidō (Hoeido-Edition)

The people riding on the rendai and the palanquin are sumo wrestlers.

At that time, sumo wrestlers were employed by feudal lords and returned to

their home countries when they made alternate attendance visits to Edo.

For this reason, it seems that there were places where no popular wrestlers

appeared at all.

The Okitsu River is shallow and can be waded across,

but planks are laid across it in the winter when the water temperature drops.

The 53 Stations of the Tōkaidō (Hoeido-Ban) were reproduced

by Tokyo traditional woodcut craft Association

These traditional woodblock prints were reproduced exactly as the first edition

at Edo-Tokyo Museum have by many of top skilled craftsmen

like a dream team in Japan.

Approx Image Size 

Height 22.00 cm  x Width 35.00 cm

(H 8.66 " x  W 8.661")

Condition  

Only perfect condition one.　

Never rolled up.

Never framed, kept in professional condition.

Once in a while, we will be out of stock this print due to

keavy demand and slao procee of production team.

We recommend you to check the availability of this print

before place your order.

Once we are out of stock, it sometime takes few month to get for you.

Color 

Refer to our Pictures

The color of the actual Woodblock Print may be slightly different

from the images on our pictures.

It is impossible to show the actual color of

these fine art of woodblock prints and texture of Washi Paper.