No.26 "Nissaka: Sayo Moutain Pass" from the series Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido
Fine Arts The Japanese Prints: Ancient and Modern
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Source: Print and Picture Collection
Notes:
"In the early 1830's, Hiroshige's first landscape prints appeared. He subsequently became the leading landscape artist and was especially known for his series on the Tokaido highway that connected Edo (present day Tokyo) with Kyoto. The earliest and most famous of these, generally known by the name of the publisher as 'Hoeido ban Tokaido' (Tokaido published by Hoeido), was issued from 1832-33. Hiroshige III stated sixty years later that Hiroshige's designs are after sketches he took during a journey to Kyoto, however, most of his designs are undoubtedly inspired from illustrations in guide books like the Tokaido meisho zue ('Gathering of Views of Famouse Sightss alonf the Tokaido;' 1797) and even this alleged journey cannot be verified."
from "Japanese Woodblock Prints: Artists, Publishers and Masterworks 1680-1900", Andreas Marks. Tuttle Publishing. p.132
Notes:
"Travelers from Kanaya proceeded about four miles on an uphill course to Nissaka, near which they passed the celebrated Night-weeping stone (yonaki-ishi). ... Hiroshige's print focuses attention on the stone, which is being examined by curious travelers."
from "The Fifty-Three Stages of the Tokaido by Hiroshige", Tokyo, Japan. Heibonsha Ltd., Publishers, 1960. plate 26
https://catalog.freelibrary.org/Record/125651
Notes:
note card with print
Station 26
Nissaka: Sayo no Nakayama. The priest Saigyo wrote: " I never thought I would be able to cross the Sayo no Nakayama again in my old age, but clearly I have suceeded - for I am still alive!" The large stone in the foreground is said to have witnessed the murder of a pregnant woman by mountain brigands and to have cried out, whereupon the merciful goddess Kannon saved the child still in its mother's womb; he was brought up on sweets, and when he reached man's estate, avenged his mother's death.
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Call Number: Woodblock Prints - The Fifty-three Stations of the T?kaid? Road
Creator Name: Hiroshige, Utagawa, 1797-1858 - Artist
No.1 "Nihonbashi: Morning Scene" from the series Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido 
No.4 "Kanagawa: View of the Embankment" from the series Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido 
No. 6 "Totsuka motomachi Fork" from the series Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido 
No.7 "Fujisawa: Yugyoji" from the series Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido 
No.9 "Oiso: Tora's Rain" from the series Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido 
No.10 "Odawara: Sakawa River" from the series Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido 
No.11 "Hakone" from the series Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido 
No. 14 Hara: Mount Fuji in the Morning from the series Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido 
No. 15 Yoshiwara: Fuji on the Left from the series Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido 
No. 16 "Night Snow" from the series Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido 
No. 18 "Okitsu: Okitsu River" from the series Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido 
No.26 "Nissaka: Sayo Moutain Pass" from the series Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido
No.27 Kakegawa: View of Akiba from the series Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido 
No.28 "Outdoor Tea-stall at Fukuroi" from the series Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido 
No. 31 "Maisaka: Veiw of Imagiri" from the series Fifty-Three stations of the Tokaido 
No.32 "Arai: Ferry Boats" from the series Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido 
No. 35 "Yoshida: The Toyokawa River Bridge" from the series Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido 
No. 37 "Akasaka: Inn with Serving Maids" from the series Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido 
No.38 "Fujikawa: Scene at Post Outskirts" from the series Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido 
No.41 "Narumi: Famous Cloth of Arimatsu" from the series Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido 
No.43 "Kuwana: Shichiri Crossing" from the series Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido 
After No. 46 "A Sudden Shower at Shono" from the series Fifty-Three stations of the Tokaido 
After "A Sudden Shower at Shono" from the series Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido 
No.48 "Seki: Early Departure from the Honjin" from the series Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido 
No. 50 "Tsuchiyama: Spring Rain" from the series Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido 
No. 51 "Minakuchi: Famous Dried Gourd Shavings from the series Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido 
No. 52 "Ishibe: The Village of Megawa" from the series Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido 
No. 53 "Kusatsu: Famous Post House" from the series Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido 
No.55 "Kyoto: The Great Sanjo Bridge" from the series Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido 
No.21 "Mariko: Famous Tea Shop" from the series Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido 
"Hakone" from the series Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido