No.29 Mitsuke – Tenryu River
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Artist: Hiroshige, Utagawa (1797-1858)
Title: No.29 Mitsuke – Tenryu River
Series: The 53 Stations of the Tokaido
Japanese Series: Tokaido gojunsantsugi no uchi
Publisher: Hoeido
Date: Edo Period, c.1833-34
The rapidly flowing Tenryu River was also known as the ‘Heaven Dragon’. It was at this station that travellers from Kyoto, the Imperial Capital, were able to see Mount Fuji for the first time.