The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kiso Kaido (???????? Kiso Kaido Rokujukyu-tsugi) or Sixty-nine Stations of the Kiso Road; is a series of ukiyo-e works created by Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) and Keisai Eisen (1790-1848).
There are 71 total prints in the series (one for each of the 69 post stations and Nihonbashi; Nakatsugawa-juku has two prints). The common name for the Kiso Kaido is 'Nakasendo' or 'Central Mountain Highway'; so this series is salso commonly referred to as the Sixty-nine Stations of the Nakasendo.
The Nakasendo was one of the Five Routes constructed under Tokugawa Ieyasu; a series of roads linking the historical capitol of Edo with the rest of Japan. The Nakasendo connected Edo with the then-capital of Kyoto. It was an alternate route to the Tokaido and travelled through the central part of Honshu; thus giving rise to its name; which means 'Central Mountain Road'. Along this road; there were sixty-nine different post stations (-shuku or -juku); which provided stables; food; and lodging for travelers.
Eisen produced the first 11 prints of the series; from Nihonbashi to Honjo-shuku; stretching from Tokyo to Saitama Prefecture. After that; Hiroshige took over production of the series. Pictures From History
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