1960 After Hiroshige "The 53 Stations of Tokaido Road: 25th Station", French Ukiyo-E Print

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A vintage reproduction print of antique Ukiyo-e woodblock print by Utagawa Hiroshige, from his series, "The Fifty-Three Stations of the … Read more A vintage reproduction print of antique Ukiyo-e woodblock print by Utagawa Hiroshige, from his series, "The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road".

Twenty-Fifth station: Nissaka. In the title block: "The Sayanonaka Mountains". On the steep path to the relay, two bearers return with a light palanquin. A stone is placed on the road to commemorate the murder of a woman by a bandit over a thousand years ago. Legend has it that the woman before dying gave birth to a boy who, later, guided by the ghost of his mother, found the murderer and avenged her. It is said that the commemorative stone groans at night.

This reproduction print is not a woodblock reproduction, but offset, full-color print. Detailed.
Comes from a rare art folio published by Editions du Credit Lyonnais in Paris, France, in 1960. Printed in France, on one side of high-quality heavy paper. Blank back, numbered on the back: XXVI.

Excellent condition - minor edge wear, never pinned, never framed. See less