Labels:dialog box | horse | person | press | reckoner | umbrella OCR: Exotic Japan by Nikki Yokokura The woodblock prints of Hiroshige Ando (1797 1858) are featured throughout Exotic Japan The series of prints used entitled "The 53 Stations of the Tokaido. The Tokaido was road between Kyoto and Edo now Tokyo) Built in early times its impartance grew with the selection of Edo as the military capital of Japan at the beginning of the 17th century The route was used for visits ta the capital which the Shogun imposed an the various feudal lords, butthe travel- -loving Japanese also profited by its development The Tokaido was divided into 53 convenient sections with inns and eating places at each af the 53 rest stops or "stations. Hiroshige travelled the Tokaido sketching the scenery and people along the route as he went. He completed 55 prints (53 stations plus t ...
