18 Sep 2019

Station #47: Seki – the hat shop, early departure of a daimyo

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A view along the Takaido road which ran between Edo (now known as Tokyo) and Kyoto, huts with lanterns and people outside to the left, with blue and white printed textiles haging between and trees to the background right, japanese characters in the bottom right corner.
Hiroshige, Station #47: Seki – the hat shop, early departure of a daimyo, c1833-34
Photography: James Pike

Hiroshige

Station #47: Seki – the hat shop, early departure of a daimyo

From the series 53 stations of the Tokaido (#48)
c1833-34
A feudal lord (daimyo) is unexpectedly leaving camp.

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