Japanese prints

"The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road" is a series of woodblock prints by Utagawa Hiroshige, a Japanese artist who lived in the 19th century. The series, which consists of fifty-three prints, depicts the fifty-three stations along the Tokaido Road, a major trade route that ran between Tokyo and Kyoto in Japan. Each print in the series depicts a different station … [Read more...] about Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road, Utagawa Hiroshige, Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art

"Blind People in a Public Bath" is a print by Utagawa Toyokuni, a Japanese artist who lived in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. The print depicts a scene in a public bath, where several blind people are depicted bathing and relaxing. Utagawa Toyokuni was a prominent artist of the ukiyo-e style of art, which focused on scenes of everyday life in Japan. The print "Blind … [Read more...] about Blind People in a Public Bath, Utagawa Toyokuni (1769-1825), Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art