Block printing: Ando Hiroshige, view of Kusatsu

Photo showing a woodblock print by Ando Hiroshige; part of his famous series, "The Fity-three Stages of the Tokaido," a series documenting the Tokaido road between Edo and Kyoto, this is the second in the series, a view of Jysatsy, the 52nd station. One of a series of small prints based on larger originals; photographed by Lennox Tierney in 1973 at the San Diego Fine Art Gallery (now the San Diego Museum of Art)Hiroshige Small Series No 53 Kusatsu, SDFAG 65:92-53 San Diego Fine Arts Gallery Collection, 1797-185