Fifty-Three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road: Nihonbashi, the Procession Sets Out

Utagawa Hiroshige · Woodblock print, ink and colour on paper; horizontal ōban · Edo period, c. 1833–35 · Tokyo National Museum

Compare it with the print before: the same procession crosses the bridge, but the foreground is suddenly crowded.

Exhibition: Hiroshige: New Perspectives on Edo Japan — Tokyo National Museum · 2026-09-29 – 2026-12-20