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No. 51, Ishibe: Mekawa Village (Mekawa no sato), from the series The Tōkaidō Road, The Fifty-three Stations (Tōkaidō, Gojūsan tsugi no uchi)

c. 1850-51

Artists

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重Artist

Tsutaya Kichizô 蔦屋吉蔵Publisher

Classification

Prints

Culture

Japanese

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

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