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

Tokaido Gojusantsugi-no Uchi: Fukuroi(From the Fifty-Three Stages of the Tokaido: Fukuroi)(Utagawa <Ando> Hiroshige)
ArtistUtagawa (Ando) Hiroshige
FormatLarge colour print
DateAround 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.