Nissaka-sayo no Naka Yama, 東海道五十三次之内 日坂 佐夜の中山, Station Twenty-six: Nissaka, Sayo no Nakayama, from the Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido, Edo period (1615–1868), ca. 1833–34, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, 9 3/8 x 14 3/8 in. (23.8 x 36.5 cm), Prints, Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1797–1858 Tokyo (Edo)), Travelers pass the famous Night-Weeping Stone (yonaki-ishi) near a steep uphill course to Nissaka. According to legend, a pregnant woman was killed by bandits, and her blood fell on the stone. Ever since, the stone has cried out every night for her
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Nissaka-sayo no Naka Yama, 東海道五十三次之内 日坂 佐夜の中山, Station Twenty-six, Nissaka, Sayo Nakayama, Fifty-three Stations, Tokaido, Edo period, 1615–1868, ca, 1833–34, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print, ink, color, paper, 9 3/8 x 14 3/8, 23.8 36.5 cm, Prints, Utagawa Hiroshige, Japanese, Tokyo, Edo, 1797–1858, Travelers pass, famous Night-Weeping, Stone, yonaki-ishi, steep uphill, course, According, legend, pregnant woman, killed, bandits, blood fell, stone, Ever, cried out, every, night
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