Artist: Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Title: No. 67 Kusatsu 草津 / Kisokaido rokujoku tsugi no uchi 木曾街道六十九次之内 (Sixty-Nine Post Stations of the Kisokaido)
Date: 1853 (1st month)
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Source:
British Museum
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Description:
Woodblock print, oban tate-e. Kusatsu Station. The actor Ichikawa Danjuro VIII in the role of Ashikaga Yoshitaka, looking down at a packhorse driver as he leads the horse carrying the ruler's gold away (Inset: travelers approaching a stone-faced embankment surrounded by pine trees).