Keywords: Enshuya Matabei - Tokaido gojusan tsui - Walters 95571.jpg In this print everything goes topsy-turvy as people run into each other trying to escape from a snapping turtle This print illustrates a scene from the comic novel Footing It along the Tokaido Road or Shank's Mare by Jippensha Ikku 1765-1831 The main characters are Yaji and Kita two happy-go-lucky travelers who experience many adventures as they go along the road between Edo Tokyo and Kyoto The 53 stations of the Tokaido in pairs ca 1845 1846 late Edo pigments mulberry paper cm 36 83 24 45 accession number 95 571 36836 Justine Lewis Keidel date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Gift of Justine Lewis Keidel 1991 Signature Hiroshige giga; Transcription Hizakurige kokkei; Translation Hizakurige Humor place of origin Japan http //www kunisada de/Kunisada-Tokaido-Series/parallels/Tokaido-parallels1 20 htm p29 Kunisada Project Series Tōkaidō gojūsan tsui Walters Art Museum license 2D Japanese prints in the Walters Art Museum Historic samurai prints Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review The 53 stations of the Tokaido in pairs |