Artist: Sekino, Jun'ichiro, 1914-1988

Title: The Tokaido 53 Stations Boxed Set

Date: 1959-1974

Medium: Japanese woodblock print

Image Size: 12 3/4 x 18 inches

Illustrated: Sekino, pages 17-50

Notes: This is a complete set of Sekino's Tokaido 53 Stations series. It was produced over the course of 15 years, beginning in 1960. The stations are shown in the video (link below), in the same order that Hiroshige used for his famous Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road series published by Hoeido in 1833. Also like the Hiroshige series, there are a total of 55 prints in the Sekino series, beginning with Nihonbashi (the starting point) and Kyoto (the end point).

Pencil signatures; dimensions shown are approximate image size of each print.

Click Here to view a video showing each sheet from this set.

Click Here to view another example of this set, with all images.

The title page has foxing; the prints and the box are in fine condition