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Book SynopsisFor the first time in an English language edition published outside Japan, all 55 prints of Hiroshige’s ‘Fifty-three Stages of the Tokaido’ are reproduced in full colour, supporting a detailed and intriguing account of the author's rediscovery on foot of the historic 303-mile road from Edo (Tokyo) to Kyoto. Remarkably, the Old Tokaido can still be found in many locations and photographs of the modern parallel the old.
Table of ContentsForeword; Historical perspective; Translations of Hiroshige’s sub-titles; Some features of a Hiroshige print; Map showing fifty-three stages of the Old Tokaido; Introduction; 1. From the shogun’s capital; 2. From Musashi to the province of Sagami; 3. Hot spring haven; 4. Stone pavement; 5. Incoming firearms, outgoing women; 6. The road by the shore; 7. Fuji on the left; 8. Satta Pass; 9. Japanese inn; 10. The Meiji tunnel; 11. The Oi River; 12. The night wailing stone; 13. Typhoon 19; 14. Sorobans, palanquins and post-towns; 15. Fascist salutes and a ghost town; 16. A divine wind; 18. The seven ri ferry; 19. Left for the Grand Shrines, right for the capital; 20. The stone Buddha; 21. Suzuka barrier; 22. The six Jizo; 23. The old apothecary’s shop; Epilogue; Select Bibliography; Glossary; Facsimile page from author’s Tokaido diary; Namamugi: site of the Richardson incident; Index
