Bando Takesaburo I (初代坂東竹三郎) as Hojo Suruganosuke (北条駿河之助)
Collection:CSM Museum & Study Collection
Date: 1854
Maker: Utagawa Kunisada (歌川国貞)
Medium: O-ban Nishiki-e (大判錦絵, large-format coloured print)
Object number: O.11.44
DescriptionA scene from a play titled 'Azuma Kudari Goju-san Tsugi (吾嬬下五十三駅, The capital (Kyoto) from the Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido highway).'
The Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido highway (東海道五十三次) is the road connecting Edo, where the Tokugawa Shogunate is located, and Kyoto, where the Emperor resides, beginning in Edo and ending in Kyoto.
The Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido highway (東海道五十三次) is the road connecting Edo, where the Tokugawa Shogunate is located, and Kyoto, where the Emperor resides, beginning in Edo and ending in Kyoto.
