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| Page Views: 1,249 Last Visit to Yui: January, 2005 | TOKAIDOCHUU-HIZAKURIGE by cheesecake17 - last update: Jul 14, 2008 |
Where ever you go on the TOKAIDO route you will find these guys.....here they stand in front of a restaurant......the view from the back of the restaurant gives a nice one of Mt fuji.
TOKAIDOCHUU-HIZAKURIGE ( a famous novel writer in those days )
HERE IS THE STORY
HIZAKURIGE(1765-1831) traces the adventures of the two bumpkins Yajirobei and Kitahachi as they journey around Japan.
Published in numerous installments between 1802 and 1822, this definitive work of the kokkeibon , "comical book", genre describes countless locales where the "lustful, unscrupulous but somehow lovable heroes" run afoul of local customs with comic results.
The first series TOUKAIDOU HIZAKURIGE , published from 1802 to 1809, follows Yajirobei and Kitahachi's exploits along the highway from Edo to Kyoto and Osaka ...
the second series ZOKU-HIZAKURIGE 1810-22, includes volumes on the Kiso highway (Kiso kaidou ) as well as pilgrimages to Kompira Shrine and to Miyajima .
In 1814 Ikku added an introduction to the whole series, filling in the lives of his heroes. The best loved episodes--the two men scalding themselves in an old-fashioned bath at an inn in Odawara , Yajirobei being bit by a turtle in Mishima , frightened by the ghostly appearance of a robe (yukata ) drying at Hamamatsu , and getting stuck in a hole in the pillar at the Houkouji Daibustuden , Kyoto -- were illustrated by ukiyo-e artists, most notably Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)
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Here they are near OKABE |  | |
| near SUMPU CASTLE, shizuoka city |
| | ..and here near SUMPU castle in shizuoka city |
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vaticanus Mon Aug 21, 2006 20:10 UTC
I've just been in a conversation about Hizakurige and a nearby rail line. I was told about their adventure with a night soil collector. Great stuff. I'm looking to find the complete collection. | Trekki Sat Jan 14, 2006 12:47 UTC
Thanks again :-)) Hiroshige is adorable !! And it is incredible how his wood block print and todays' view match ! Wonderful page :-) Thanks :-) | shikokuzen Tue Jan 10, 2006 06:03 UTC
Hello Ursula...gee I figure 2-3 years I will be able to see all your pics......oh well time well spent!!!!! thanks....bob...ps.....these are great!!!!! | Jim_Eliason Sat Dec 17, 2005 23:29 UTC
Great pics! |
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