Yoshitoshi's 'Tokaido Road' (4/1863 - 7/1863)


Introduction

This page catalogs all known prints that Yoshitoshi created for the Tokaido Road series. This was a large set of prints produced in 1863 to commemorate the shogun's journey from Edo to Kyoto to visit the Emperor. At this point, the power of the shogun was on the decline, and this was the first procession for a long period. It appears that two Tokaido series each containing more than 55 prints were issued.

According to scholarship by Andreas Marks, the series was a collaborative effort designed by 16 artists and issued by 24 publishers. This page only lists those prints known to have been created by Yoshitoshi. For a complete listing of the entire series, please see: this page.

Technical details

 

Previous cataloguings

Listed in Keyes' thesis:
	Roger. S. Keyes, "Courage and Silence: A Study of the Life and
		Color Woodblock Prints of Tsukioka Yoshitoshi 1839-1892",
		Cinncinnati, 1982
where it appears as series #87 and #88;
	Eric van den Ing, Robert Schaap, "Beauty and Violence: Japanese
		Prints by Yoshitoshi 1839-1892",
		Havilland, Eindhoven, 1992

where it appears as series #8 (pg. 34).

 

These prints are ordered as they are listed on Kunisada Project website (which are ordered as discussed by Marks)


The Prints

To see a larger image of any print, please click on the thumbnail.


 
Thumbnail
Number
Date
Title
Description
#01
4/1863
Kanasugi Bridge at Shibaura  
#02
5/1863
Yuigahama  
#03
5/1863
Takashi bay  
#04
4/1863
Maisaka  
#05
4/1863
Ishibe  
#06
5/1863
Mii temple at Otsu  
#07
5/1863
Kyoto no uchi, Ouchi no juran zu  
#08
7/1863
Chiyoda-yashiro  
#09
4/1863
Title page for the series  









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