{"id":1157,"date":"2016-02-13T07:15:58","date_gmt":"2016-02-12T22:15:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/voyapon.com\/?p=1157"},"modified":"2018-06-19T17:53:50","modified_gmt":"2018-06-19T08:53:50","slug":"53-station-kambara-shimizu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/voyapon.com\/53-station-kambara-shimizu\/","title":{"rendered":"The 53 Station Ukiyoe Prints in Kambara, Shimizu"},"content":{"rendered":"
Utagawa Hiroshige (\u6b4c\u5ddd \u5e83\u91cd) (1797 \u2013 12 October 1858) (real name: \u5b89\u85e4 \u5e83\u91cd \/Ando Hiroshige) is probably the most famous ukiyoe\/woodblock print artist when it comes to describing travel scenes in Japan. Prints of the fifty-three stations immediately come to mind when it comes to Shizuoka Prefecture where a museum is dedicated to him in Yui, Shimizu Ku, Shizuoka. And if you look carefully you will find them represented in the most unusual places! <\/p>\n
Now, take the Tokaido Railway Line and get off at Shin Kambara Station in Shizuoka City, Shimizu Ku<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n The place is famous for its cherry trees. Did you know that the cherry trees offered to the US in Washington are all the scions of a single tree from nearby Okitsu, Shimizu Ku, Shizuoka.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Travelers of yore added onto one of Utagawa Hiroshige\u2019s prints<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Now go the pavement along the station and you will discover the world of Edo at your feet<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Find this print’s set of tiles and proceed to its left to discover them all in their right order<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Leaving Edo : Nihonbashi, \u201cthe bridge of Japan\u201d. It is still in present Tokyo!<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 1st station : Shinagawa<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Now, we enter Kanagawa Prefecture: Kawasaki<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 3rd station: Kanagawa (presently in Kanagawa Ku, Yokohama City)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 4th station: Hodogaya (presently in Hodogaya Ku, Yokohama City)<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 5th station: Totsuka<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 6th station: Fujisawa<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 7th station: Hiratsuka<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 8th station: Oiso (presently in Naka District, Kanagawa Prefecture)<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 9th station: Odawara (Crossing the Sakawa River at a ford)<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 10th station: Hakone, the last station inside Kanagawa Prefecture<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n We enter Shizuoka Prefecture from this print on, 11th station: Mishima<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 12th station: Numazu<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 13th station: Hara (presently in Numazu City)<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 14th station: Yoshiwara (presently in Fuji City)<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 15th station: Kambara, the main print tile (Shin Kambara is part of Kambara, Shimizu Ku, Shizuoka City)<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 16th station: Yui (presently part of Shimizu Ku, Shizuoka City)<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 17th station: Okitsu (presently part of Shimizu Ku, Shizuoka City)<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 18th station: Ejiri (presently part of Shimizu Ku, Shizuoka City)<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 19th station: Fuch\u016b (old name of Shizuoka City)<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 20th station: Mariko (presently in Suruga Ku, Shizuoka City)<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 21st station: Okabe (presently in Fujieda City)<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 22nd station: Fujieda<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 23rd station: Shimada<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 24th station: Kanaya (presently in Shimada City)<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 25th station: Nissaka (presently in Kakegawa City)<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 26th station: Kakegawa<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 27th station: Fukuroi<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 28th station: Mitsuke (presently in Iwata City)<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 29th station: Hamamatsu<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 30th station: Maisaka<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 31st station: Arai<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 32nd station: Shirasuka (presently in Kosai City), this print is the last station inside Shizuoka Prefecture<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Now we enter Aichi Prefecture, 33rd station: Futagawa (presently in Toyohashi City)<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 34th station: Yoshida (presently in Toyohashi City)<\/p>\n <\/a>35th station: Goyu (presently in Toyokawa City)<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 36th station: Akasaka (presently in Toyokawa City)<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 37th station: Fujikawa (presently in Okazaki City)<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 38th station: Okazaki<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 39th station: Chiryu<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 40th station: Narumi (presently in Midori Ku, Nagoya City)<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 41st station: Miya (presently in Atsuta Ku, Nagoya City), this print is of the last station inside Aichi Prefecture<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Now we enter Mie Prefecture, 42nd station: Kuwana<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 43rd station: Yokkaichi<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 44th station: Ishiyakushi (presently in Suzuka City)<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 45th station: Sh\u014dno (presently in Suzuka City, Mie Prefecture)<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 46th station: Kameyama<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 47th station: Seki (\u201cthe barrier\u201d), (presently in Kameyama City)<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 48th station: Sakashita (presently in Kameyama City), this is the last station inside Mie Prefecture<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n With this print we enter Shiga Prefecture, 49th station: Tsuchiyama (presently in Kota City)<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 50th station: Minakuchi (presently in Kota City)<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 51st station: Ishibe (presently inside Konan City)<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 52nd station: Kusatsu<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 53rd station: Otsu, this print is oft the last station inside Shiga Prefecture!<\/p>\n