Title : No. 40 Suwara 須原 / Kisokaido rokujoku tsugi no uchi 木曾街道六十九次之内 (Sixty-Nine Post Stations of the Kisokaido)

Artist : Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Date : 1852 (7th month)

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Source : British Museum
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Description : Woodblock print, oban tate-e. Suwara Station. The poet Ariwara no Narihira eloping with Lady Nijo, whom he carries through long grasses, pursuers with torches in the background (Inset: a mountain pass).

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