Hiroshige Utagawa (1797-1858) after -
39th station: Okazaki: Yahagi bridge-
Woodblock print from the series of 53 Tokaido relays, called "Kyoka Tokaido" -
Publisher: Nippon Mokuhan Hakko , circa 1900 -
Dimensions of the print: 21.5 x 30 cm -
Translation of the poem:
In every hostel,
there are busy women,
to put on make-up and dress,
for the evening,
waiting for their customers.
Signed: Chitose Mtsuhiko
After the huge success of the first series of prints from the 53 Tokaido stations, Hiroshige decided to make nearly thirty different versions of this series. This print, embellished with a kyoka poem, is part of the series called: "Kyoka Tokaido".
Kyoka is a comic style of Japanese poetry, highly prized in the 19th century. Named "mad poetry", it allows freer structures in feet, rhymes and level of two-way language. Also, this style allows words of Chinese origin, vulgar words and wacky signatures. Often the titles of the kyoka, and the names used, parodyed the great classical works.
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