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# - Tokaido Route Maps--Sadahide, Gyuokuansai.
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- Tokai do gojiusan eki shokei [The 53 views of Tokaido Stations]. Tokyo: Maruya Tokuzo, 1860], volumes 1 and 2 (of 12), each with a panorama in 7 sections, coloured woodblock on native paper in 7 sections, total dimensions of each 230 x 1600mm., folding into blue paper cases with title labels
Catalogue Note
The Tokaido (East Sea Road) was the most important of the five routes of the Edo period, connecting modern day Edo (Tokyo) to Kyoto in Japan. The first section depicts the city and bay of Edo and second section the route within sight of the snow-capped mountain of Fuji San.