Artist

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797~1858)

Japanese Woodblock Print  Name 

No.026 - 25th Station Nissaka   日坂　佐夜ノ中山

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

In the middle of the road is the "Crying Stone," which is said to be inhabited

by the spirit of a pregnant woman who was killed by bandits

on Mt. Sayano-Nakayama in this area.

According to a Kamakura period legend, blood would splatter on the stone next to her,

 and the stone would cry every night.

The stone still exists today, and there is also a local specialty,

"Childcare Ame," named after the child who was saved.

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.