Station Forty-Eight: Seki, Early Departure from the Headquarters Inn, from the Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido
Utagawa Hiroshige Japanese
Not on view
At dawn, a daimyō's procession leaves the inn in Seki, a government checkpoint in Ise Province. A palanquin stands ready behind the master of the inn, and a few bearers still have time to enjoy their smokes. White banners, probably with a daimyo's crest, hang around the inn. Among the advertisement labels behind the master of the inn are those for the famous Senjokō and Bijokō brands of face powder.