Japan: 'Station Forty: Narumi, A Place Famous for Its Cloth'. Ukiyo-e woodblock print from the series 'Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road' by Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858), c. 1834. Narumi: A woman carried in a kago and two others walking in front, followed by a man on horseback and two attendants, passing two large open shops in the main street, where dyed cloths are sold. On the fascia over the front of the nearer shop is the monogram Hiro in the centre, and that of the publisher, Take-no-Uchi, each side of it.

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