Japanese Print "Crying Rock - The Scenic Places of Tokaido" by Utagawa Kunisada
Artist:Utagawa Kunisada
Title:Crying Rock - The Scenic Places of Tokaido
Date:1863.
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Source:artelino - Japanese Prints
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"Tokaido Meisho no Uchi" (The Scenic Places of Tokaido). This large series by different artists and publishers was made for the commemoration of shogun Tokugawa Iemochi's historic travel from Edo to Kyoto to pay respect to the emperor. "Saya no Nakayama" between Kikugawa and Nissaka. The boulder was called "Yonaki Ishi" (Rock Crying at Night) which was said to have the ghost of murdered woman.