Akasaka: On the Nawate Road, Yajirobei Takes Kitahachi for a Fox and Beats Him/ 赤坂縄手道にて弥次郎北八を狐とおもひててふちゃくする (Akasaka, Nawatemichi ni te Yajirobei Kitahachi o kitsune to omohite chochaku suru)

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Description: Nishiki-e (Multicolored Print), ink and color on paper. A road lined with tall pine trees cuts through vast rice fields, a crescent moon hangs overhead hidden slightly by the trees. In the foreground, one man beats the other with a stick, the print title tells us their names are Yajirobei and Kitahachi. Yaji and Kita are the main characters of a popular comical novel titled Tōkaidōchū Hizakurige (abbreviated to Hizakurige) written by Jippenshu Ikku. The book recounts the two men’s misadventures along the Tokaido road. In this scene Yaji has mistaken Kita for a fox spirit or Kitsune, which are known in Japanese folklore to be powerful tricksters.

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Title: Akasaka: On the Nawate Road, Yajirobei Takes Kitahachi for a Fox and Beats Him/ 赤坂縄手道にて弥次郎北八を狐とおもひててふちゃくする (Akasaka, Nawatemichi ni te Yajirobei Kitahachi o kitsune to omohite chochaku suru)
Creator(s): Utagawa Hiroshige/ 歌川広重 (Signature: Hiroshige ga/ 広重画)
Issued: 1855
Genre: woodcuts (prints)
Topical Subject(s): Rural roads -- Japan -- Art ; Landscapes -- Japan -- Art ; Wood-engraving, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868 ; Art, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868
Continent: Asia
Country: Japan
Region: Tōkaidō
City: Tōkaidō
Local Identifier: NE1325.A5_T64_0037
URI / Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:100650
Related Work: Charles Nelson Spinks collection
Series: Famous Sites of the Fifty-Three Stations/五十三次名所図会 (Gojusantsugi Meisho Zue)
Series Description: Originally published by Koeido (Tsutaya Kichizo) in 1855. This series is in the vertical oban (large size) format. This series is commonly refered to as the Tate-e Tokaido (Vertical Tokaido). The series depicts the 53 stations of the Tokaido road, a route that ran Edo to Kyoto.

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