Artist

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797~1858)

Japanese Woodblock Print  Name 

No.037 - 36th Station Akasaka 赤坂　旅舎招婦図

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

This is a rare work that depicts the interior of an inn in the evening.

From the left, there is a man who has just come out of the bath,

a man smoking a pipe while waiting for his meal,

a masseuse, a maid serving meals to the guests,

and in the room on the right, ladies are putting on careful makeup.

The inn that is said to have served as the model, Ohashiya, is still in business today.

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.