Giclee reprint of the original print (ca. 1835-38) from the series The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaid Utagawa Hiroshige. Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858) was a Japanese ukiyo-e woodblock print artist who reshaped the tradition of landscape art. While many of his contemporaries focused on portraits of actors and courtesans, Hiroshige dedicated his career to capturing the landscapes, weather conditions, and daily activities of Edo-period Japan. 

The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaidō (Kisokaidō Rokujūkyū-tsugi) is a was created collaboratively with Keisai Eisen between roughly 1834 and 1842. Serving as a follow-up to Hiroshige’s previous success documenting the coastal Tōkaidō highway, this ambitious project chronicles the inland Nakasendō mountain route connecting Edo (modern Tokyo) with Kyoto. The entire collection comprises 71 distinct prints, accounting for the 69 official rest stations along with the starting point at Nihonbashi and the final destination.