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Shimosuwa, from Sixty-Nine Stations of the Kisokaidō

木曾街道六拾九次之内　下諏訪

1835–38

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川 広重

(Japanese, 1797–1858)
Culture
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
Medium
Color woodblock print
Measurements
25.3 x 37.7 cm (9 15/16 x 14 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith 1985.322
Public Domain
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Location
235A Japanese
Print

Description

This print shows travelers enjoying a meal at an inn, with the innkeeper looking pleased at the guests’ enthusiasm. In the background, another traveler is gratefully relaxing in a wooden tub filled with hot natural spring water, having discarded his robe next to the bath. Shimosuwa was the only stop along the Kisokaidō—a 534-kilometer (332-mile) road running from Nihonbashi in Edo (now Tokyo) to Sanjō Ōhashi in Kyoto—with a natural hot spring. The print series was a collaboration between Utagawa Hiroshige and Keisai Eisen (1790–1848).

Shimosuwa, from Sixty-Nine Stations of the Kisokaidō

1835–38

Utagawa Hiroshige

(Japanese, 1797–1858)
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

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