Artist

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797~1858)

Japanese Woodblock Print  Name 

No.040 - 39th Station Chiryu   池鯉鮒　首夏馬市

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

Ikekoi-fu corresponds to the current Chiryu City, Aichi Prefecture.

Chiryu Shrine is famous for its rain-making rituals, and the place name comes from

the fact that many carp and crucian carp were kept

in the pond within the shrine grounds.

The horse market held in early summer (Shuuka = ​​April in the lunar calendar)

was also famous, but the grassland depicted by Hiroshige no longer exists.

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.