Rediscovering the Old Tokaido : : In the Footsteps of Hiroshige /

Rediscovering the Old Tokaido : : In the Footsteps of Hiroshige / / Patrick Carey.

For the first time in an English language edition published outside Japan, all 55 prints of Hiroshige's 'Fifty-three Stages of the Tokaido' are reproduced in full colour, supporting a detailed and intriguing account of the author's rediscovery on foot of the historic 303-mile roa...

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Superior document:Rediscovering ; 4
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Carey, Patrick,
Place / Publishing House:Leiden; , Boston : : BRILL,, 2000.
Year of Publication:2000
Language:English
Series:Rediscovering ; 4.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
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Table of Contents:
  • Foreword
  • Historical perspective
  • Translations of Hiroshige's sub-titles
  • Some features of a Hiroshige print
  • Map showing fifty-three stages of the Old Tokaido
  • Introduction
  • 1. From the shogun's capital
  • 2. From Musashi to the province of Sagami
  • 3. Hot spring haven
  • 4. Stone pavement
  • 5. Incoming firearms, outgoing women
  • 6. The road by the shore
  • 7. Fuji on the left
  • 8. Satta Pass
  • 9. Japanese inn
  • 10. The Meiji tunnel
  • 11. The Oi River
  • 12. The night wailing stone
  • 13. Typhoon 19
  • 14. Sorobans, palanquins and post-towns
  • 15. Fascist salutes and a ghost town
  • 16. A divine wind
  • 18. The seven ri ferry
  • 19. Left for the Grand Shrines, right for the capital
  • 20. The stone Buddha
  • 21. Suzuka barrier
  • 22. The six Jizo
  • 23. The old apothecary's shop
  • Epilogue
  • Select Bibliography
  • Glossary
  • Facsimile page from author's Tokaido diary
  • Namamugi: site of the Richardson incident
  • Index.

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