東海道五十三次之内　関　本陣早立|Station Forty-Eight: Seki, Early Departure from the Headquarters Inn, from the Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido

Utagawa Hiroshige

ca. 1833–34 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper · Asian Art

At dawn, a daimyō's procession leaves the inn in Seki, a government checkpoint in Ise Province. A palanquin stands ready behind the master of the inn, and a few bearers still have time to enjoy their smokes. White banners, probably with a daimyo's crest, hang around the inn. Among the advertisement labels behind the master of the inn are those for the famous Senjokō and Bijokō brands of face powder.

Artist

Utagawa Hiroshige

Date

ca. 1833–34

Medium

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Culture

Japan

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

The Howard Mansfield Collection, Purchase, Rogers Fund, 1936