Beautiful proof with excellent colors, printed on Japanese paper dating to the mid-19th century. In perfect condition. With excellent margin all around beyond the marginal line.
Bibliography
Hiroshige list, p. 252
British Museum https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/A_1915-0823-0-753
Allen Museum: https://allenartcollection.oberlin.edu/objects/4417
National Museum Scotland https://www.nms.ac.uk/search-our-collections/collection-search-results?entry=676105
Chazen Museum of Art https://chazen.wisc.edu/collection/5253/ferries-approaching-the-government-barrier-at-arai/
National Museum of Asian Art https://asia.si.edu/explore-art-culture/collections/search/edanmdm:fsg_FSC-GR-705.32/
Comment
Bird's-eye view, plate no. 32 of the series Fifty-three Stations of the Vertical Tōkaidō (Gojūsan-tsugi meisho zue). Arai hosted an important government checkpoint. Many travelers would sleep during the approximately two-mile ferry crossing across the Imagiri Gulf, at the point where Lake Hamana meets the Pacific Ocean: in the famous Tōkaidōchū Hizakurige, a comedic picaresque novel written by Jippensha Ikku that narrates the misadventures of two travelers along the Tōkaidō, it is indeed said that the crossing took place with extreme slowness and that passengers would end up falling asleep. Hiroshige emphasizes the length of this route by making the boats disappear on the horizon.
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