Fair Travellers Fording the River Oi, Utagawa Toyokuni I, ca. 1800

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Fair Travellers Fording the River Oi, Edo period (1615–1868), ca. 1800, Japan, Triptych of polychrome woodblock prints; ink and color on paper, 14 x 30 1/8 in. ( x cm), Prints, Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japanese, 1769–1825), Wakasaya Yoichi (Japanese, ca. 1794–1897), For military reasons, the Tokugawa government prohibited the building of substantial bridges across the Ōi River near Kanaya station, presently in Shizuoka Prefecture; thus, the river was a dangerous obstacle for travelers

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