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HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)

Title: The Boundry Market Near Fujikawa
Print Type: Original Japanese Woodblock Print
Series Title: 53 Stations of the Tokaido Trail (Hoeido)
Date: 1833
Publisher: Hoeido
Reference #: # 38 in the series
Size: 10 1/8 x 14 7/8 inches
Condition: Fine impression, color and state. Minor creasing and soiling. Small thin area to right of wooden post. Ample margins, with the full Hoeido seal at left;
Notes: A strongly printed example
38 Fujikawa
The head of a daimyo's procession at the entrance to a village, and three peasants making obeisance as it passes.
The most frequent user of the highway was the feudal lord with his retinue. Commoners who came across the procession had to kneel down on the ground to pay their respects and stay there until the procession had passed.
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