Dining out was, and still is, a favorite pastime of the Japanese. In this series of prints Hiroshige depicts some of the most famous, upscale dining destinations in the capital city of Edo (Tokyo). Fine food and lively conversation will never go out of fashion.
Ando Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797 - 1858
Landscape (Eight Scenes of Ikaho)
The Soga Brothers Revenge
The Storehouse of Loyal Retainers (Chushingura), Scene 9: The Retreat at Yamashina
Honzo’s wife arrives at Yarunosuke’s home in Yamashina to plead to allow the marriage between Konami and Yarunosuke’s son Rikiya, but is refused. Just then Honzo arrives and in order to atone for restraining Hangan from killing Morono he gives Yarunosuku and Rikiya plans to Morono’s home and then kills himself.
Kanagawa (Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido)
Arai (Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido)
Famous Views of the 60-Odd Provinces, Mt. Kajiko, Inaba Province (Rokujuyoshu meisho zue, Inaba, Kajikoyama)
The Storehouse of Loyal Retainers (Chushingura), Scene 1: The Helmet Identification at Hachiman Shrine
The Chushingura is a tale set in the Edo period (1615-1868). It was written about 1748 for the puppet theater, but is now most famous as a Kabuki play. It recalls an incident that took place on the night of January 30, 1703, in which the retainers of a disgraced lord break into the mansion […]
Station 19, Fuchu, The Fifty-three Pairs for the Tokaido Road, Fuchu
Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido, Fujikawa (Kyoka Tokaido) (Tokaido Gojusan Tsugi no Uchi, Fujikawa [Kyoka Tokaido])
After the incredible success of his first series of prints of the stops (stations) along theTokaido Highway, Hiroshige followed with another series in the late 1830s. In the new set a comic verse, or Kyoka accompanied each print. Fujikawa was the primary stop for pilgrims on their way to pray at Mt. Minobu. It was […]