Hodogaya on the Tōkaidō (Tōkaidō Hodogaya), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei), 冨嶽三十六景 東海道保土ケ谷, Edo period (1615–1868), ca. 1830–32, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, H. 9 15/16 in. (25.2 cm); W. 14 3/4 in. (37.5 cm), Prints, Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1760–1849 Tokyo (Edo)), Hodogaya, one of the well-known fifty-three stations of the Tōkaidō road, is located between Musashi, the province in which Edo was located, and Sagami Province to the west. At this point, westbound travelers were said to have finally felt the sensation of having put the metropolis of Edo behind them, for at Hodogaya the road stretches into a beautiful avenue lined with pine trees on both sides
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Hodogaya, Tōkaidō, Tōkaidō Hodogaya, series, Thirty-six Views, Mount Fuji, Fugaku sanjūrokkei, 冨嶽三十六景 東海道保土ケ谷, Edo period, 1615–1868, ca, 1830–32, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print, ink, color, paper, H, 9 15/16, 25.2 cm, W, 14 3/4, 37.5, Prints, Katsushika Hokusai, Japanese, Tokyo, Edo, 1760–1849, Hodogaya, well, fifty-three stations, Tōkaidō road, located, Musashi, province, Sagami Province, west, point, westbound travelers, said, finally felt, sensation, having, metropolis, road stretches, beautiful avenue lined, pine trees, sides
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