Hiroshige - 53 Stations of the Tokaido - Print 10

Hiroshige - 53 Stations of the Tokaido - Print 10

10 Odawara - A daimyo's cort觥 being carried across the River Sakawa; the background a mass of high, jagged hills, the most distant printed from colour-blocks only. This station flourished in its position at the entrance to Hakone pass, the most arduous part of the highway. Utagawa Hiroshige (1797 - 1858). The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido - Hoeido edition (1831-4) Date: 1831 - 1834

Feature on 47.7 Torrential Rain

The village of Houkisawa in the upper reaches of the Sakawa River in Kanagawa Prefecture was swept away and buried, and is in a state of destruction. 　 Falling water, muddy stream, tunnel entrance where railroad tracks were washed away, upstream tribe of damaged river, testimony of villagers, tribe buried in stones An aerial view of a destroyed tribe in a 　mountainous area (Aichi Prefecture) A car passing through flowing water People carrying dead bodies A victim watching the rain continue to fall Minister of Construction Kimura visiting the site Waves crashing against the breakwater, *Filming date unknown, Release date: July 21, 1972,

Crossing of sakawagawa river

Crossing of sakawagawa river

To Odawara over the Sakawa River. From this edition, the magazine started a series of sketches of a journey by three Englishmen, a Japanese official, 2 servants, three horses, and three extra men. The journey took 32 days in the summer of 1871, but they had to cross the Sakawa River by palanquin. When the cameraman was sent to take substitute photos, the river had gone dry, and there was a small bridge across it. From The Far East October 4, 1871. From the republished edition of The Far East.==Date:unknown, Place:Kanagawa, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number19‐51‐0]