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   ocr: "The Fifty-Three Stages of the Tokaido, - tamous print series by 19th C. artist, Hiroshige, includes Hlratsuka: an "wklyo-e, : or wood-DLOCK print, of the Tokaldo highway in Hiratsuka, by Hiroshige 1797-1858); "wklyo-e" means "picture of buoyant world" and reters to the wood-block prints perfected during the Edo Period 1603-1868) dealing with the daily pleasures of the common man The Tokaldos route COIIOWS a natural passage determined by topography. It was used by mllltary expeditions as well as - by pilgrims visiting temples. RETURN