Hiratsuka
by Hiroshige 1 Ando (1797-1858, Utagawa)

	Artist:	Hiroshige 1 Ando (1797-1858, Utagawa) — 歌川広重
	Title:	Hiratsuka
	Series:	53 Stations of the Tokaido [Hoeido/Great Tokaido, oban yoko] — 東海道五拾三次之内 (保永堂東海道)
	Date of first edition?:	Not set
	Publisher (first edition)?:	Not Set
	Publisher (this edition)?:	Not Set
	Medium (first edition):	Woodblock
	Medium (this edition):	Woodblock
	Format (first edition):	Not Set
	Format (this edition):	Not Set
	DB artwork code:	29058
	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: 8 Hiratsuka A zigzag road, lined with a few trees, traversing fields, and a courier running along and passing two other travellers. In the background a dark, round-topped hill, behind which a white Fuji appears in the distance. Here, the Tokaido Highway runs along a low causeway by the ocean. The man running is one of the professional couriers who worked in relays and covered the distance of 489 km between Edo and Kyoto in about 90 hours.