
Tokaido Gojusantsugi-no Uchi: Fukuroi(From the Fifty-Three Stages of the Tokaido: Fukuroi)
(Utagawa <Ando> Hiroshige)

Artist | : | Utagawa (Ando) Hiroshige |
Format | : | Large colour print |
Date | : | Around the Tempo era (1830-1844) |
We see travelers taking a welcome rest around a warming fire, with bare winter fields in the background. Particularly noteworthy is the way the palanquin bearers are shown putting their pipes directly into the fire to light their tobacco.