The Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road
Sōhitsu gojūsan tsugi
双筆五十三次
Date: 1854-55
Publisher: Maruya Kyūshirō
Format: Vertical ōban
Number of Prints: 55/55 + title page
References: Strange ,
Stewart
In these prints the upper part consists of a Tokaido view by Hiroshige and in the lower part there are large figures by Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) illustrative of legends.
Title page
1 Nihonbashi:Fish Market (Uo), Toy Footman (Temochi yakko)
2 Shinagawa: Dressing Room (Mishimai heya)
3 Kawasaki: Ferry on the Rokugō River (Rokugō-gawa funawatashi); Strawcraft (Mugiwara saiku)
4 Kanagawa: Panoramic View from Kanagawadai toward Yokohama Honmaku (Kanagawadai yori Yokohama Honmaku chōbō); Spear Carrier (Yarimochi) from the Ofudamaki Festival
5 Hodogaya: Scenery of Moor and Mountain on the Kanazawa Road (Kanazawa kaidō san'ya fūkei); Pilgrimage to Ise (Ise mairi)
6 Totsuka: Traveller and Waitress at an Inn (Tabibito yadome)
7 Fujisawa: Terute-hime and the Gateway to Yūgyō-ji Temple (Yūgyō-ji monzen)
8 Hiratsuka: Ferry at the Banyū River (Banyūgawa funawatari); Serving Women at an Inn with Food (Kyūjin me)
9 Ōiso: The Marsh Where Snipe Rise Up and the Hermitage of Saigyō (Shigi tatsu sawa, Saigyō an); Actor Sawamura Sōjūrō III as Soga no Jūrō Sukenari, with Tora of Ōiso
10 Odawara: Fording the Sakawa River, Distant View of the Hakone Mountains (Sakawagawa kachiwatashi, Hakone-yama enbō); Crafts Made at the Yumoto Hotsprings (Yumoto, saiku)
11 Hakone: Nijiyama, Yumotoya, Sanmaibashi, Tōkaiya; Hatsuhana and Katsugoro from Revenge of the Cripple (Izari)
12 Mishima: Entrance to Mishima Station (Mishima eki iriguchi); Actor Bandō Shūka I as Mishima no Osen, with an unidentified actor
13 Numazu: The Ashitaka Mountains and Numazu Station (Ashitakayama, Numazu shuku); Actor Bando Mitsugorō III as Jūbei, with Oyone
14 Hara: Station at Kashiwabara (Kashiwabara tateba); A Vendor of White Sake (Shirozake-uri)
15 Yoshiwara: Fuji on the Left at Nawate (Hidari Fuji Nawate); Saigyō Looking at Mount Fuji (Fujimi Saigyō)
16 Kanbara: Ferry at the Fuji River (Fujikawa funawatari); Pulling in Customers for an Inn (Yadohiki)
17 Yui: The Sisters (Shimei) Miyagino and Shinobu
18 Okitsu: Kiyomigaseki, Kiyomi-dera Temple, and Tago Bay (Kiyomigaseki, Kiyomi-dera, Tago no ura); A Travelling Masseur (Tabi anma)
19 Ejiri: The Pine Tree of the Feather Robe at Miho no Matsu[bara] (Miho no Matsu[bara], hagoromo no matsu); the Feather Robe at Miho (Miho hagoromo)
20 Fuchū: Fording the Abe River (Abekawa kachiwatashi); Gathering Abe Tea (Abe chatsumi)
21 Mariko: Local Specialty Dumplings (Tōdango)
22 Okabe: The Narrow Ivy-covered Road at Mount Utsu (Utsu no yama tsuta no hosomichi); Okabe Rokuyata
23 Fujieda: Fording the Seto River (Setogawa kachiwatari)
24 Shimada: Woman Traveller at the Ōi River (Ōigawa tabijo)
25 Kanaya: Panoramic View of the Ōi River and Mount Fuji from the Kanaya Slope Road (Kanaya Sakamichi yori Ōigawa Fuji chōbō); Actor Bandō Shūka I as the Blind Musician (Goze) Asago
26 Nissaka: Sayo no Nakayama and a Distant View of Mount Muken (Sayo no Nakayama, Muken-yama enkei); the Bell of Muken (Muken no kane)
27 Kakegawa: A Country Girl (Inaka musume)
28 Fukuroi: A Female Pilgrim (Onna junrei)
29 Mitsuke: Ferryboat on the Tenryū River (Tenryūgawa funawatari); Travellers at the Tenryū River (Tenryūgawa)
30 Hamamatsu: Passenger and Baggage on a Horse (Norikake uma)
31 Maisaka: View of the Sea at Imagiri (Imagiri kaijō fūkei); Blind Women Musicians on a Journey (Goze michiyuki)
32 Arai: View of the Distant Lake and the Horie Area (Enko Horie fūkei); Identity Inspection Granny at the Lake (Mizuumi)
33 Shirasuka: Panoramic View of Shiomizaka (Shiomizaka chōbō); Actor Ichikawa Danjūrō VIII as Jiraiya
34 Futakawa: On Top of the Mountain of the Iwaya Kannon Temple (Iwaya Kannon sanjō); the Dance Play Shinobu-uri (Yōsuke and Okumi Disguised as Leek Vendors)
35 Yoshida: Great Bridge on the Toyokawa River (Toyokawa Ōhashi); Actor Arashi Rikan III (?) as Oran no Kata, with Ichikawa Danjūrō VIII
36 Goyu: The Honno Plain with a Panoramic View of Mount Fuji (Honno-ga-hara, Fuji chōbō); Actors Matsumoto Kōshirō V as Yamamoto (=Yokozō) and Bandō Mitsugorō III as Naoe (=Jihizō)
37 Akasaka: Manzai Dancers by Hanabusa Itchō
38 Fujikawa: Women Travellers (Onna tabibito)
39 Okazaki: Yahagi River and Yahagi Bridge (Yahagigawa, Yahagi no hashi); Jōruri-hime and Ushiwakamaru (Yoshitsune)
40 Chiryū: Historical Site of the Iris at Yatsuhashi Village (Yatsuhashi mura kakitsubata no koseki); Narihira at Yatsuhashi
41 Narumi: Narumi Inlet and Hoshizaki (Narumigata Hoshizaki); Actors Morita Kan'ya XI as Narumi and Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Tan'emon
42 Miya: Distant View of Atsuta Station and Nezame Village (Atsuta eki Nezame no sato enkei); Actor Ichikawa Danjūrō VIII as Taira no Kagekiyo
43 Kuwana: Catching Whitebait with a Net in Winter Twilight, in the Sea at Kuwana (Kuwana no umi, fuyugure shirauo ami); Actor Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Urashima Tarō, with the Dragon Princess Oto-hime
44 Yokkaichi: Mirage at Nako Bay (Nako-no-ura shinkirō); Actor Sawamura Chōjūrō V as Saigyō in the Scene Portrait of Norikiyo (Norikiyo utsushi-e)
45 Ishiyakushi: Distant View of Takatomizan (Takatomizan enkei); Actor Ichikawa Omezō I (?) as Benkei
46 Shōno: The Kumano Shrine and the Shiratori Grave Mound (Kumano no yashiro, Shiratori-zuka); Women Travellers (Onna tabibito)
47 Kameyama: Actor Matsumoto Kōshirō V as Akabori Mizuemon
48 Seki: The Ancient Barrier Gate at Suzuka (Kodai Suzuka no seki); Semimaru
49 Sakanoshita: The Brush-discarding Mountain and the Eighty Rapids (Fudesute-yama, Yaso segawa): Actor Kataoka Nizaemon VIII as Akogi no Heiji versus Hirogawara Jirozō
50 Tsuchiyama: Actor Onoe Kikugorō III (?) as Shirai Gonpachi
51 Minakuchi: Panoramic View of Mount Iwafuri (Iwafuriyama chōbō); Actors (?) as Ofude and Banba Chūta in the Sasahiki Scene from the Play Hiragana Seisuiki (Seisuiki Sasahiki)
52 Ishibe: Megawa Village (Megawa no sato); Actors Bandō Mitsugorō III as Chōemon and an unidentified actor as Ohan
53 Kusatsu: Seta Bridge on Lake Biwa (Biwa-ko Seta no hashi); Actors Ichikawa Yaozō III as Sasaki Takatsuna and Ichikawa Danjūrō VI as Tanimura Kotōji
54 Ōtsu: Mount Ōsaka and the Spring at the Barrier Gate (Ōsaka-yama, seki no kiyomizu): Actor Sawamura Sōjūrō III as Ōtomo no Kuronushi, author of the poem Kagamiyama
55 Kyōto, The End: The Great Bridge at Sanjō (Kyō, taibi, Sanjō ōhashi no zu); Lord Muromachi (Muromachi dono), i.e. Mitsuuji from Inaka Genji