Porters preceded by torch-bearers mounting a steep road (Hokone), pl. 11 from the series "Fifty-three stations of the Tokaido Road" (Tokaido gojusan -tsugi)

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Location: Ann Arbor, MI
Artist: Hiroshige
Nationality: Japanese
Artist Dates: 1797-1858

Title: Porters preceded by torch-bearers mounting a steep road (Hokone), pl. 11 from the series "Fifty-three stations of the Tokaido Road" (Tokaido gojusan -tsugi)
Date: published 1855
Object Type: print
Medium: color woodblock print
Subjects: mountain, pass, standing figures, male, river, trees, torch, torch, porters, road

Holding Institution: The University of Michigan Museum of Art
Accession No.: 1948/1.133
Credit Line: Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker, through Dr. Walter R. Parker

Image Source: The University of Michigan Museum of Art
Image Accession No.: PCD5010-1611-0434-98