Hodogaya (Shinkame Bridge), in The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido Gojusan Tsugi-no Uchi)
Scene of busy merchants quickly crossing the Shimmachi bridge into town. Two women are sitting enjoying a cup of tea at the base of the bridge. A row of colorful rooftops continues into the distance and under the hilltop of a large mountain.
Credit: Gift of Mary Rutherford Jay
c. 1834
Woodblock print in colored ink on paper
1948-134-5
Image and text © Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, 2020
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