Block printing: Hiroshige's 53 stages of the Tokaido [031] Station 21, Okabe: Mount Utsu (001)

Photograph of block print: "Okabe: Mount Utsu" (Okabe, Utsu no yama), (from series The Fifty-three Stages of the Tokaido, a series documenting the Tokaido road between Edo and Kyoto), circa 1833-34, by Utagawa (Ando) Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797-1858), horizontal ôban or aiban, (approximate size, may vary) 25.2 x 38.1 cm (9 15/16 x 15 in.); Print number 22 in series of 55 prints (view of woodcutters making way through narrow pass, a location with dramatic appeal which has figured prominently in Japanese literature); Series starts with point of departure (Edo) and ends with final destination (Kyoto) and includes 53 stations along route"Okabe: Mount Utsu", (from series The Fifty-three Stages of the Tokaido, a series documenting the Tokaido road between Edo and Kyoto), circa 1833-34, by Utagawa (Ando) Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797-1858). This is print number 22 in series of 55 prints (view of woodcutters making way through narrow pass, a location with dramatic appeal which has figured prominently in Japanese literature)