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ANDO HIROSHIGE
Tokaido - Hoeido edition 46-50
46 Shono
Rainstorm in the mountains; coolies carrying a kago, with a straw coat thrown over it, up the hill, and two others, one with an umbrella, rushing down.
This plate depicts a group of travellers caught in a sudden summer thunderstorm and hurrying towards shelter.
47 Kameyama
Travellers ascending a steep hillside, under deep snow, to the entrance to the castle of Kameyama.
This station developed around a castle town. The keep and gate of Kameyama Castle on a hill towers over the village. And a procession of a feudal lord is ascending the hill.
48 Seki
View outside a resthouse in the early morning, where a daimyo is stopping, the retainers preparing, by the aid of lanterns, to proceed on the journey.
Each station was required to maintain lodging houses for travellers. The inn shown is one for upper class travellers such as Shogunate officials and feudal lords. Retinue are making preparations for a feudal lord to leave from the lodging house.
49 Saka-no-shita
Travellers resting at an open teahouse, looking across a ravine to the rocky heights opposite; blue hills beyond, in colour blocks only.
In olden times, the beauty of the rugged mountain ranges in this area attracted many visitors from Kyoto. Travellers enjoyed the spectacular view of the mountain from a teahouse located on the mountain pass.
50 Tsuchi-yama
The head of a daimyo`s procession crossing a torrent by a bridge towards the village, hidden in a grove of trees, under a heavy downpour of rain.
This station, situated in the mountain forest, was known for its plentiful spring rainfall. Against heavy rain, wearing raincoats the vanguards of a procession of a feudal lord are crossing a small bridge spanning a torrential brook.
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