Station Forty-Eight: Seki, Early Departure from the Headquarters Inn, from the Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido

Utagawa Hiroshige Japanese

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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.

Station Forty-Eight: Seki, Early Departure from the Headquarters Inn, from the Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido, Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1797–1858 Tokyo (Edo)), Woodblock print; ink and color on paper, Japan

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