Hiroshige Utagawa (1797-1858), after , 35th Yoshida... Lot 30

Hiroshige Utagawa (1797-1858), after , 35th Yoshida Station, Print from the series of 53 Tokaido relays, called "Kyoka Tokaido", Publisher: Sanoki Edition & Bijyutsushya , supervised by Tokyo National Museum, Print size: 23.5 x 32.5cm + frame , date: 1960s, Translation of the poem : In Yoshida, women serve food at the station. If an unattractive woman serves you rice wine, don't complain about her lack of beauty. Your tasty sake can certainly make up for it! Signed: Hanagaki Ichishin ----------------------------------------------- After the immense success of the first series of prints of the 53 Tokaido stations, Hiroshige decided to produce almost thirty different versions of this series. This print, embellished with a kyoka poem, is part of the series called "Kyoka Tokaido". Kyōka is a comic style of Japanese poetry, very popular in the 19th century. Known as "crazy poetry", it allows for freer structures in feet, rhymes and double-entendre language levels. This style also allows for words of Chinese origin, vulgar words and zany signatures. Often, the titles of kyōka, and the names used, parodied the great classical works.