Hiroshige Utagawa (1797-1858) after. 2nd station,... Lot 2

Hiroshige Utagawa (1797-1858) after. 2nd station, Shinagawa . Print from the series of 53 Tokaido stations called "Kyoka Tokaido". Publisher : Sanoki Edition & Bijyutsushya , supervised by Tokyo National Museum. 23.5 x 32.5cm. period : 1960's. Translation of the kyoka poem : They came to say a farewell; Now I am on my way So long, I say; Bon voyage, they say I look at the ship from the depot as I pass Shinagawa Signed: Kazen-tei Tomoyori. ----------------------------------------------- After the immense success of the first series of prints of the 53 Tokaido stations, Hiroshige decided to produce nearly thirty different versions of this series. This print, with a kyoka poem, is part of the series called: "Kyoka Tokaido". Kyoka is a comic style of Japanese poetry, very popular in the 19th century. Called "crazy poetry", it allows freer structures in feet, rhymes and double meaning language level. Also, this style allows words of Chinese origin, vulgar words and zany signatures. Often, the titles of the kyoka, and the names used, parodied the great classical works.