No.20 Fuchu – Abe River
£15.00
Artist: Hiroshige, Utagawa (1797-1858)
Title: No.20 Fuchu – Abe River
Series: The 53 Stations of the Tokaido
Japanese Series: Tokaido gojunsantsugi no uchi
Publisher: Hoeido
Date: Edo Period, c.1833-34
Palanquin (kago) bearers are pictured taking travellers across the ford of the Abe River, while opposite porters transfer horses and luggage. The mountain range in the background was where the founder of the Tokugawa Shogunate (Tokugawa leyasu), spent his retirement years.
