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40th Station: Narumi

40th Station: Narumi

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: 1933.326.55.41

In this print, a woman is carried in a kago while two others walk in front of her. They are followed by a man on horseback and two attendants. Both parties pass by two large open shops in the main street, where dyed cloths are sold.

This station and the nearby town of Arimatsu are both famous for the production of tie-dyed fabrics, typically used for making summer kimonos (yukata), which was a local speciality of the region. Narumi had 847 buildings and a population of 3,643 people at its peak and so considered a very large post station.

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