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ContributorsUtagawa Hiroshige (Artist) / 歌川 広重 (Artist) / Ezakiya Kichibei (Publisher) / 江崎屋吉兵衛 (Publisher)
Created1841 to 1842
DescriptionThis print is number 46 of the Gyōsho edition of Hiroshige’s 53 Stations of the Tōkaidō Road. It depicts the post house at Shōno (in present-day Mie prefecture), where travelers are changing horses mid-journey along the Tōkaidō Road.
ContributorsUtagawa Kunisada (Artist) / 歌川 国貞 (Artist) / The Pride Publishing Company (Publisher)
Created1851
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This diptych shows the ghost of Asakura Tōgo 朝倉當吾 returning to haunt the man responsible for his death, the corrupt governor Orikoshi Tairyō 織越大領. A kappa (a traditional folk monster) tumbles comically at Orikoshi’s feet.
ContributorsUtagawa Hiroshige II (Artist) / 二代目 歌川 広重 (Artist) / The Pride Publishing Company (Publisher)
Created1862
DescriptionThis triptych shows the first Kamakura shogun, Minamoto no Yoritomo, paying an official visit to the emperor at his residence in Kyōtō.