Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige
Title: Ferry Boats at Arai
Date: 1833
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Hiroshige-FerryBoatsArai.jpg is: Title: Ferry Boats at Arai Print Type: Original Japanese Woodblock Print Series Title: 53 Stations of the Tokaido Trail (Hoeido) Date: 1833 Publisher: Hoeido Reference #: # 32 in the series Size: 9 5/8 x 14 5/8 inches Condition: Fine, early impression and color; good state, apart from thinning at upper right; remargining on sides and bottom; pin holes; slightly soiled; 32 Arai A large ferry boat, with an awning round it, taking a daimyo across from Maisaka, followed by a smaller boat with his retainers. A high range of hills on the further shore; golden sky. Travellers made the journey from Maisaka to Arai Station by ferryboat. On the shore was a government barrier station for the inspection of travellers. The compound remains largely intact even today.
