Seki, Early Departure, in The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido Gojusan Tsugi-no Uchi), Ando Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797–1858, Woodblock print (ukiyo-e) on mulberry paper (washi), ink with color, Courtyard of inn at which a daimyo is resting, screened with hangings bearing his crest. Lower left, servants preparing to start, adjusting their hats. Others receiving a samurai. The cipher of Hiroshige on lantern of one of latter servants., Japan, ca. 1834, figures, Print

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