1. Hiroshige and the Tokaido Road By Hana-Chan of Hokkaido

2. Hiroshige was a Japanese painter and a woodblock print maker. His prints focused on landscapes and “normal” people, unlike most other Japanese artists, who painted the rich merchants and daimyos. Hiroshige (1797-1858)

3. Hiroshige was the most popular artist in Japan during the 19 th century. He strongly influenced Western painters such as Degas and van Gogh. Hiroshige was also incredibly productive - he made about 5,400 prints in his lifetime.

4. Hiroshige (1797-1858) One of Hiroshige’s most famous collections is Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road, which depicts people at all of the stations on the Tokaido Road.

5. Three Scenes from the Tokaido Road The following three Hiroshige prints depict: Nihombashi: The first station on the Tokaido Road (inside Edo, the military capital of Japan) Shinagawa: The second station on the Tokaido Road, the first station that isn’t a big city. Kyoto: The last station of the Tokaido Road, the imperial capital of Japan.

6. Nihombashi: The first station on the Tokaido Road

7. Shinagawa- The Second Station on the Tokaido Road

8. Kyoto: The last station on the Tokaido Road

9. Arigatoo Gozaimasu