A panorama of the Tōkaidō highway showing a shogunal procession. Colour woodcut by Yoshitora, 1864.

  • Utagawa, Yoshitora, active 1850-1870.
Date:
1864
Reference:
37508i
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Within each print, part of a shogunal procession is visible, perhaps depicting a (rare) visit by the shogun and leading retainers to the emperor in Kyoto: possibly during the period in the year when Tōkaidō became congested with daimyō lords returning home after their regular period of attendance; within a vastly telescoped landscape, key features are accented: Numazu Castle (4), Hamamatsu castle (7), Lake Biwa (11) and Kyoto (12)

Publication/Creation

Edo [Tokyo] : [publisher not identified], 1864.

Physical description

12 prints : woodcuts, printed in colours

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Lettering

Yoshitora-ga Bears publisher's mark and censor's seal

Notes

The Wellcome Institue library holds eight of the twelve sheets (numbers 3,4,5,7,8,10,11 and 12), and comparative impressions of sheets 3 and 4

Reference

Wellcome Collection 37508i

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