A scene inside an inn: left, a guest is waited on by a servant girl bringing food, and by a blind masseur; right, in another room, geishas apply cosmetics to their faces. Reprint (ca. 1900) of coloured woodcut by Hiroshige, 1834.

  • Andō, Hiroshige, 1797-1858.
Date:
1900]
Reference:
565248i
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The Tokaido was the coastal highway connecting Edo with Kyoto. Akasaka was the thirty-seventh stage on the highway

Publication/Creation

[Edo [Tokyo] (?) : [publisher not identified], 1900]

Physical description

1 print : woodcut, printed in colour ; image 22.6 x 34.8 cm

Lettering

[Akasaka] Lettering in Japanese

Reference

Wellcome Collection 565248i

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