24/06/2010

Images of the old Nakasendo

Here is a selection of woodblock prints of the places that Japan Travelogue's Nakasendo walking tour passes through. These prints date back to the 1830s and form a part of a series of prints published as The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido. This work was a collaboration between two artists, Ando/Utagawa Hiroshige and Keisai Eisen. Walking along the Nakasendo today it is still possible to see glimpses of Japan as it was during the artists' time.

1. Nihonbashi (Tokyo). Eisen


2. Karuizawa. Hiroshige.


3. Narai. Eisen.


4. Yabuhara. Hiroshige.


5. Kisofukushima. Hiroshige.


6. Nojiri. Eisen.


7. Midono. Hiroshige.


8. Tsumago. Hiroshige.


9. Magome. Eisen.


10. Ochiai. Hiroshige.


11. Nakatsugawa. Hiroshige.


12. Oi. Hiroshige.


13. Okute. Hiroshige.


14. Hosokute. Hiroshige.


15. Mitake. Hiroshige.