The Fifty Three Stations of the Tokaido

The 53 Stations of the Tokaido
by Utagawa Hiroshige

Utagawa Hiroshige’s The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido is a celebrated series of landscape prints from Japan’s Edo period, and it remains a timeless masterpiece in Japanese art. This collection of 55 woodblock prints depicts the journey along the Tokaido, the main route connecting Edo (now Tokyo) to Kyoto. The series includes views of 53 post stations where travelers could rest along the way, as well as scenes from the starting point at Nihonbashi in Edo and the endpoint in Kyoto and Osaka.
Each print vividly portrays the daily life, customs, and natural beauty of Japan during that era. Hiroshige’s brilliant use of color and keen observation capture not only the landscapes but also the people’s experiences and the seasonal changes along the route. As you explore these works, you’ll be transported back to a Japan of another time, where you can feel the atmosphere and energy of a journey along the historic Tokaido road.
1. Nihonbashi (Edo)	12. Mishima	23. Fujieda	34. Futagawa	45. Ishiyakushi
2. Shinagawa	13. Numazu	24. Shimada	35. Yoshida (Toyohashi)	46. Shōno
3. Kawasaki	14. Hara	25. Kanaya	36. Goyu	47. Kameyama
4. Kanagawa	15. Yoshiwara	26. Nissaka	37. Akasaka	48. Seki
5. Hodogaya	16. Kanbara	27. Kakegawa	38. Fujikawa	49. Sakashita
6. Totsuka	17. Yui	28. Fukuroi	39. Okazaki	50. Tsuchiyama
7. Fujisawa	18. Okitsu	29. Mitsuke	40. Chiryū	51. Minakuchi
8. Hiratsuka	19. Ejiri	30. Hamamatsu	41. Narumi	52. Ishibe
9. Ōiso	20. Fuchū (Shizuoka)	31. Maisaka	42. Miya (Atsuta)	53. Kusatsu
10. Odawara	21. Mariko	32. Arai	43. Kuwana	54. Ōtsu
11. Hakone	22. Okabe	33. Shirasuka	44. Yokkaichi	55. Kyō (Kyoto)55
Utagawa Hiroshige, born Ando Tokutaro 1797– 12 October 1858, was a Japanese Ukiyo-e artist, considered the last great master of that tradition. Hiroshige is best known for his horizontal-format landscape series The Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido and for his vertical-format landscape series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo . The Hiroshige font was designed in 1986 by Cynthia Hollandsworth (now Batty) of AlphaOmega Typography, Inc. The typeface was originally commissioned for a book of woodblock prints by the great nineteenth-century Japanese artist Ando Hiroshige, whose work influenced many Impressionist artists. The typeface has a gentle calligraphic flair that creates an interesting page of text as well as elegant headlines.

Utagawa Hiroshige’s The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido is a celebrated series of landscape prints from Japan’s Edo period, and it remains a timeless masterpiece in Japanese art. This collection of 55 woodblock prints depicts the journey along the Tokaido, the main route connecting Edo (now Tokyo) to Kyoto. The series includes views of 53 post stations where travelers could rest along the way, as well as scenes from the starting point at Nihonbashi in Edo and the endpoint in Kyoto and Osaka.

Each print vividly portrays the daily life, customs, and natural beauty of Japan during that era. Hiroshige’s brilliant use of color and keen observation capture not only the landscapes but also the people’s experiences and the seasonal changes along the route. As you explore these works, you’ll be transported back to a Japan of another time, where you can feel the atmosphere and energy of a journey along the historic Tokaido road.

35. Yoshida (Toyohashi)

Utagawa Hiroshige, born Ando Tokutaro 1797– 12 October 1858, was a Japanese Ukiyo-e artist, considered the last great master of that tradition. Hiroshige is best known for his horizontal-format landscape series The Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido and for his vertical-format landscape series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo . The Hiroshige font was designed in 1986 by Cynthia Hollandsworth (now Batty) of AlphaOmega Typography, Inc. The typeface was originally commissioned for a book of woodblock prints by the great nineteenth-century Japanese artist Ando Hiroshige, whose work influenced many Impressionist artists. The typeface has a gentle calligraphic flair that creates an interesting page of text as well as elegant headlines.

The 53 Stations of the Tokaido by Utagawa Hiroshige

The 53 Stations of the Tokaido
by Utagawa Hiroshige