縄手の夕立 赤坂 藤川迄二り十六町
Sudden Shower on the Field Road, Akasaka
About this print
Lightning streaks across a dark sky, and heavy rain slants down. Travelers bend low, holding their straw hats, and a rickshaw with its hood (horo) up hurries along. Telegraph poles and wires follow a single road through the rice fields. "Nawate" in the title means a road running straight between rice fields. The artist is Utagawa Hiroshige III, and the print is part of Tokai Meisho Kaisei Dochuki (Famous Places of the Tokaido, Revised Travel Guide), published in 1875 (Meiji 8). The National Diet Library titles it Kaisei Gojusan Eki (The Fifty-three Stations, Revised).
Tokyo and Nagasaki were linked by telegraph in 1873 (Meiji 6).
At the Akasaka post town, the building of the Edo-period inn (hatago) Koiya survives as "Ohashiya." In 1878 (Meiji 11), it also became a place where Emperor Meiji stayed during an imperial tour. Today the city of Toyokawa has repaired it and opens it to the public.
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- Source title
- 『改正五十三驛』（明治8年）
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- National Diet Library, Japan
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- Copyright expired (public domain)
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- Made
- 151+ years ago
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