Kawasaki
by Fujikawa Tamenobu

	Artist:	Fujikawa Tamenobu
	Title:	Kawasaki
	Series:	Famous Places of Tokaido- Shanks Mare
	Date of first edition?:	1918
	Publisher (first edition)?:	Not Set
	Publisher (this edition)?:	Not Set
	Medium (first edition):	Woodblock
	Medium (this edition):	Woodblock
	Format (first edition):	Oban
	Format (this edition):	Oban
	DB artwork code:	37287
	Notes (first edition)?:
	Notes (this edition)?:	The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies: Sunday, 13 November 2005 Shanks' Mare Tokaido: #2 Kawasaki Artist: Tamenobu Format: Oban yoko-e: 10" x 14.25" approx Subject: From series Tokaido Hizakurige. The story of a comical journey on foot along the Tokaido highway, made by two roguish men, Yajirobe who was running away from his poor merchant background (seen in the images in a blue over kimono: and Kitahachi, a run-away actor, seen in a checkered kimono. In this plate a trained monkey throws Kita's straw hat into the river from the ferryboat. Date: c.1910's Condition: Full size. Japanese album backing paper. Minor marks and flaws. Generally good state. Colour: Fine Impression: Fine with gauffrage