Artist: Fujikawa Tamenobu
Title: Hodogaya
Date: 1918
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Sunday, 13 November 2005 Shanks' Mare Tokaido: #4 Hodogaya Artist: Tamenobu Format: Oban yoko-e: 10" x 14.25" approx Subject: From series Tokaido Hizakurige. The story of a comical journey on foot along the Tokaido highway, made by two roguish men, Yajirobe who was running away from his poor merchant background (seen in the images in a blue over kimono: and Kitahachi, a run-away actor, seen in a checkered kimono. In this plate our two heroes stop before the bridge. Yaji bursts into tears. The porter on the bridge, weighed down by his burdens, reminds Yaji of his deceased wife. Date: 1910's Condition: Full size. Japanese album backing paper. Minor marks and flaws. Generally very good state. Colour: Fine Impression: Fine with gauffrage
