Kuwana, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō
Other Titles
Kuwana 桑名, from the series Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi 東海道五十三次
Abstract
The forty-third station of the Tōkaidō, Kuwana was famous for its baked clams. Hokusai shows travelers enjoying clams after a tiring journey to Kuwana, probably by sea.
This series of images illustrating the fifty-three stations of the Tōkaidō is characteristic of Hokusai's style in the early 1800s, when, unlike several decades later, the artist focused on figures instead of landscape and used the traditional narrati ve device of cloud patterns.