The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kiso Kaidō

The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kiso Kaidō (木曾街道六十九次, Kiso Kaidō Rokujūkyū-tsugi) or Sixty-nine Stations of the Kiso Road, is a series of ukiyo-e works created by Utagawa Hiroshige and Keisai Eisen. There are 71 total prints in the series (one for each of the 69 post stations and Nihonbashi; Nakatsugawa-juku has two prints).

For a list of the 69 post stations of the Nakasendō, see 69 Stations of the Nakasendō.
The title page for the series of ukiyo-e prints.

The common name for the Kiso Kaidō is "Nakasendō" so the series is sometimes referred to as the Sixty-nine Stations of the Nakasendō. It is a follow up to Hiroshige's The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō and he produced 47 of the prints, with Eisen being responsible for the rest.[1]

The series was published by Iseya Rihei (Kinjudō) from c. 1834-1842.[2]

The Nakasendō
Main articles: Nakasendō and 69 Stations of the Nakasendō

The Nakasendō was one of the Five Routes constructed under Tokugawa Ieyasu, a series of roads linking the historical capital of Edo with the rest of Japan. The Nakasendō connected Edo with the then-capital of Kyoto. It was an alternate route to the Tōkaidō and travelled through the central part of Honshū, thus giving rise to its name, which means "Central Mountain Road". Along this road, there were sixty-nine different post stations, which provided stables, food, and lodging for travelers.

Prints by Eisen
Ukiyo-e print of Gōdo-juku, by Eisen

Eisen produced the first 11 prints of the series, from Nihonbashi to Honjō-shuku, stretching from Tokyo to Saitama Prefecture. His prints from Gunma Prefecture include Kuragano-shuku, Itahana-shuku and Sakamoto-shuku. Representing Nagano Prefecture, he made prints of Kutsukake-shuku, Oiwake-shuku, Iwamurada-shuku, Shiojiri-shuku, Narai-juku, Yabuhara-juku, Nojiri-juku and Magome-juku. His last two prints, Unuma-juku and Gōdo-juku represent Gifu Prefecture. After that, Hiroshige took over production of the series.

Prints by Hiroshige
Kanō-juku
ArtistHiroshige

Hiroshige's prints start in Gunma Prefecture and include Shinmachi-shuku, Takasaki-shuku, Annaka-shuku and Matsuida-shuku. His prints that reflect Nagano Prefecture] are Karuisawa-shuku, Otai-shuku, from Shionada-juku to Shimosuwa-shuku, from Seba-juku to Niekawa-juku, from Miyanokoshi-juku to Suhara-juku, Midono-juku and Tsumago-juku. His prints from Gifu Prefecture include Ochiai-juku to Ōta-juku, Kanō-juku, and from Mieji-juku to Imasu-juku. His last ten prints, from Kashiwabara-juku to Ōtsu-juku are all in Shiga Prefecture.

Tabulation of series

The series consists of the sixty-nine stations of the Kiso Kaidō, plus a board for the starting point, the Nihonbashi bridge ("bridge of Japan") in Edo, and an additional print for the Nakatsugawa-juku station; a total of 71 prints, to which must be added the title page.

The series was published by publisher Takenouchi-Hōeidō, for the first part, and by publisher Kinjūdō for the second. Subsequent reissues were made by Kinjūdō.

№Woodcut printEnglish nameAuthorJapanese nameTransliteration
1 Nihonbashi Eisen 日本橋 Nihonbashi
2 Itabashi Eisen 板橋宿 Itabashi
3 Warabi Eisen 蕨宿 Warabi
4 Urawa Eisen 浦和宿 Urawa
5 Omiya Eisen 大宮宿 Omiya
6 Ageo Eisen 上尾宿 Ageo
7 Okegawa Eisen 桶川宿 Okegawa
8 Konosu Eisen 鴻巣宿 Konosu
9 Kumagaya Eisen 熊谷宿 Kumagai
10 Fukaya Eisen 深谷宿 Fukaya'
11 Honjo Eisen 本庄宿 Honjo
12 Shinmachi Hiroshige 新町宿 Shinmachi
13 Kuragano Eisen 倉賀野宿 Kuragano
14 Takasaki Hiroshige 高崎宿 Takasaki
15 Itabana Eisen 板鼻宿 Itahana
16 Annaka Hiroshige 安中宿 Annaka
17 Matsuida Hiroshige 松井田宿 Matsuida
18 Sakamoto Eisen 坂本宿 Sakamoto
19 Karuizawa Hiroshige 軽井沢宿 Karuisawa
20 Kutsukake Eisen 沓掛宿 Kutsukake
21 Oiwake Eisen 追分宿 Oiwake
22 Odai Hiroshige 小田井宿 Otai
23 Iwamurata Eisen 岩村田宿 Iwamurada
24 Shionata Hiroshige 塩名田宿 Shionada
25 Yawata Hiroshige 八幡宿 Yawata
26 Mochizuki Hiroshige 望月宿 Mochizuki
27 Ashida Hiroshige 芦田宿 Ashida
28
Nagakubo Hiroshige 長久保宿 Nagakubo
29 Wada Hiroshige 和田宿 Wada
30 Shimosuwa Hiroshige 下諏訪宿 Shimosuwa
31 Shiojiri Eisen 塩尻宿 Shiojiri
32 Seba Hiroshige 洗馬宿 Seba
33 Motoyama Hiroshige 本山宿 Motoyama
34 Niikawa Hiroshige 贄川宿 Niekawa
35 Narai Eisen 奈良井宿 Narai
36 Yabuhara Eisen 藪原宿 Yabuhara
37 Miyanokoshi Hiroshige 宮ノ越宿 Miyanokoshi
38 Fukushima Hiroshige 福島宿 Fukushima
39 Agematsu Hiroshige 上松宿 Agematsu
40 Suhara Hiroshige 須原宿 Suhara
41 Nojiri Eisen 野尻宿 Nojiri
42 Mitono Hiroshige 三留野宿 Midono
43 Tsumagome Hiroshige 妻籠宿 Tsumago
44 Magome Eisen 馬籠宿 Magome
45 Ochiai Hiroshige 落合宿 Ochiai
46 Nakatsugawa Hiroshige 中津川宿 Nakatsugawa I
47 Nakatsugawa Hiroshige 中津川宿 Nakatsugawa II
48 Oi Hiroshige 大井宿 Ōi
49 Okute Hiroshige 大湫宿 Ōkute
50 Hosokute Hiroshige 細久手宿 Hosokute
51 Mitake Hiroshige 御嶽宿 Mitake
52 Fushimi Hiroshige 伏見宿 Fushimi
53 Ota Hiroshige 太田宿 Ōta
54 Unuma Eisen 鵜沼宿 Unuma
55 Kano Hiroshige 加納宿 Kanō
56 Kodo Eisen 河渡宿 Gōdo
57 Miyeji Hiroshige 美江寺宿 Mieji
58 Akasaka Hiroshige 赤坂宿 Akasaka
59 Tarui Hiroshige 垂井宿 Tarui
60 Sekigahara Hiroshige 関ヶ原宿 Sekigahara
61 Imasu Hiroshige 今須宿 Imasu
62 Kashiwabara Hiroshige 柏原宿 Kashiwabara
63 Samegai Hiroshige 醒井宿 Samegai
64 Banba Hiroshige 番場宿 Banba
65 Toriimoto Hiroshige 鳥居本宿 Toriimoto
66 Takamiya Hiroshige 高宮宿 Takamiya
67 Echigawa Hiroshige 愛知川宿 Echigawa
68 Musa Hiroshige 武佐宿 Musa
69 Moriyama Hiroshige 守山宿 Moriyama
70 Kusatsu Hiroshige 草津宿 Kusatsu
71 Otsu Hiroshige 大津宿 Ōtsu
72 Title page

See also

References
Notes
  1. Hiroshige - Kisokaido. www.hiroshige.org.uk. Accessed November 1, 2017.
  2. Forrer
  • Matthi Forrer, Hiroshige. Prestel. 2011 (trans. Peter Mason) ISBN 9783791345406
  • Basil Stewart, A Guide to Japanese Prints and Their Subject Matter. Dover Books on Oriental Art, 1979 (1st ed. 1922), pp. 98–107.
  • Gordon Friese, Keisai Eisen - Utagawa Hiroshige. Die 69 Stationen des Kisokaido: Eine vollständige Serie japanischer Farbholzschnitte und ihre Druckvarianten. Unna, 2008, ISBN 978-3-9809261-3-3
  • Sebastian Izzard, Hiroshige: Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido.George Braziller, 2009. ISBN 978-0-8076-1593-5
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