The official title for this work is Pictures from the Famous Places of the Fifty-three Stations
Hiroshige produced these prints in 1855 more than 20 years after his first horizontal Hoeido edition published 1833-34 which is included as thumbnails for comparison
It is instructive to see Hiroshiges use of his now mature experience as he develops the vertical format for the narrative He does designs as he would do a photograph He set the standard ...