The Sixty-Nine Stations Along the Kisokaido. The Kisokaido route through Japan was ordained in the early 1600s by the country's then-ruler Tokugawa Ieyasu, who decreed that staging posts be installed along the length of the arduous passage between Edo (present-day Tokyo) and Kyoto. Inns, shops, and restaurants were established to provide sustenance and lodging to weary travellers.
In 1835, renowned woodblock print artist Keisai Eisen was commissioned to create a series of works to chart the Kisokaido journey. After producing 24 prints, Eisen was replaced by Utagawa Hiroshige, who completed the series of 70 prints in 1838.
Esta edição XXL reimprime a série legendária de Keisai Eisen e Utagawa Hiroshige The Sixty-Nine Stations ao longo do Kisokaido, uma representação deslumbrante da rota histórica entre Edo (Tóquio) e Quioto.
Produzido a partir de uma das mais bem conservadas edições, esta tapeçaria vívida do Japão do século XIX é tanto artefato de seu passado imperial e uma obra-prima da prática woodblock.