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8th Station: Oiso

8th Station: Oiso

Series Title: The Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road - Hoeido Edition

Artist: Utagawa (Ando) Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797 - 1858)

Date: 1831 - 1834
Medium: ink on paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 x 14 in. (22.9 x 35.6 cm)
Credit Line:Museum Purchase
Object number: 1933.326.55.9

This station was an isolated village on the coast. It shows travelers walking along a narrow tree-lined road in a downpour as they enter a village overlooking the sea with huts positioned along the road.

From ancient times, many poets referred to this coastline in their poems. Now a motorway has been built along the seashore and passing motorists pay less attention to this historic place.

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