Print, Seki, Early Departure, in The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido Gojusan Tsugi-no Uchi), ca. 1834, Utagawa Hiroshige, circa 1834

Courtyard of inn at which a daimyo is resting, screened with hangings bearing his crest. Lower left, servants preparing to start, adjusting their hats. Others receiving a samurai. The cipher of hiroshige on lantern of one of latter servants. Date: circa 1834. Dimensions: 24.1 x 36 cm (9 1/2 x 14 3/16 in.). Medium: brush and watercolor on paper, woodblock. Collection: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Print, Seki, Early Departure, in The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido Gojusan Tsugi-no Uchi), ca. 1834 (CH 18608903)