'Yoshitoshi's Tokaido Road'

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

Dates: 1863 (4) - 1863 (7)
Size: Ōban
Signed: Ikkaisai Yoshitoshi ga
Seal: Kiri
Publishers: Gifuya Seishichi, Kakumotoya Kinjiro

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