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Daimyo travel procession along the Tōkaidō (Eastern Sea Road)
1media/daimyoand39s-processions-passing-along-the-tkaid-566623 (2)_thumb.jpg2020-11-25T11:17:23-05:00Maren Ehlers18502c6775e5db37b999ee7b08c8c075867ca31d356All daimyō had to maintain a palace in the shogunal capital of Edo and travel there every other year. The procession on this print from the late Tokugawa period is about to enter the capital of Edo, marching the final stretch of the Eastern Sea Road along Edo Bay. Woodblock print by Utagawa (Gountei) Sadahide (1807–1878/79).plain2022-01-27T17:22:09-05:00The Metropolitan Museum of ArtPublic DomainMaren EhlersME-0049David Ambaras1337d6b66b25164b57abc529e56445d238145277