Nakasendo Collection

Kumagaya Station from Hatchotsuzumi, between circa 1835 and circa 1838. Creator: Ikeda Eisen
Kumagaya Station from Hatchotsuzumi, between circa 1835 and circa 1838. From Sixty-Nine Stations on the Kiso Road (Number 9)

Matsuida, Station 17, c1838. Creator: Ando Hiroshige
Matsuida, Station 17, c1838. From Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaid¯o, number 17

Fukushima, Station 38, c1838. Creator: Ando Hiroshige
Fukushima, Station 38, c1838. From Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido

Okute, c1838. Creator: Ando Hiroshige
Okute, c1838. From Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido

No. 43: Tsumagome, from the series "Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido (Kisokaido... c. 1835/38)
No. 43: Tsumagome, from the series "Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido (Kisokaido rokujukyu tsugi no uchi)", c. 1835/38

No. 68 (sic; actually 69): Crossroad at Kusatsu (Kusatsu oiwake), from the series... c. 1835/38
No. 68 (sic; actually 69): Crossroad at Kusatsu (Kusatsu oiwake), from the series "Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido (Kisokaido rokujukyu tsugi no uchi)", c. 1835/38

Ono Falls on the Kisokaido (Kisokaido Ono no bakufu), from the series "A Tour of Water... c. 1833
Ono Falls on the Kisokaido (Kisokaido Ono no bakufu), from the series "A Tour of Waterfalls in Various Provinces (Shokoku taki meguri)", Japan, c. 1833

No. 47: Oi, from the series "Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido (Kisokaido rokujukyu...")
No. 47: Oi, from the series "Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido (Kisokaido rokujukyu tsugi no uchi)", c. 1835/38

No. 42: Midono, from the series "Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido (Kisokaido...", c. 1835/38)
No. 42: Midono, from the series "Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido (Kisokaido rokujukyu tsugi no uchi)", c. 1835/38

No. 42: Midono, from the series "Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido (Kisokaido...", c. 1835/38)
No. 42: Midono, from the series "Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido (Kisokaido rokujukyu tsugi no uchi)", c. 1835/38

Ono Falls on the Kisokaido (Kisokaido Ono no bakufu), from the series "A Tour of Water... c. 1833
Ono Falls on the Kisokaido (Kisokaido Ono no bakufu), from the series "A Tour of Waterfalls in Various Provinces (Shokoku taki meguri)", Japan, c. 1833

Amida Falls in the Far Reaches of the Kisokaido (Kisoji no oku Amidagataki), from... c. 1833. Creator: Hokusai
Amida Falls in the Far Reaches of the Kisokaido (Kisoji no oku Amidagataki), from the series "A Tour of Waterfalls in Various Provinces (Shokoku taki meguri)", Japan, c. 1833

No. 26: Mochizuki, from the series "Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido (Kisokaido... c. 1835/38)
No. 26: Mochizuki, from the series "Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido (Kisokaido rokujukyu tsugi no uchi)", c. 1835/38

No. 56: Mieji, from the series "Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido (Kisokaido...c. 1835/38)
No. 56: Mieji, from the series "Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido (Kisokaido rokujukyu tsugi no uchi)", c. 1835/38

No. 58: Tarui, from the series "Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido (Kisokaido...c. 1835/38)
No. 58: Tarui, from the series "Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido (Kisokaido rokujukyu tsugi no uchi)", c. 1835/38

No. 26: Mochizuki, from the series "Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido (Kisokaido... c. 1835/38)
No. 26: Mochizuki, from the series "Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido (Kisokaido rokujukyu tsugi no uchi)", c. 1835/38

No. 29: Wada, from the series "Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido (Kisokaido...", c. 1835/38)
No. 29: Wada, from the series "Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido (Kisokaido rokujukyu tsugi no uchi)", c. 1835/38

No. 14: Takasaki, from the series "Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido (Kisokaido... c. 1835/38)
No. 14: Takasaki, from the series "Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido (Kisokaido rokujukyu tsugi no uchi)", c. 1835/38

No. 66: Echikawa, from the series "Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido (Kisokaido... c. 1835/38)
No. 66: Echikawa, from the series "Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido (Kisokaido rokujukyu tsugi no uchi)", c. 1835/38

No. 65: Takamiya, from the series "Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido (Kisokaido... c. 1835/38)
No. 65: Takamiya, from the series "Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido (Kisokaido rokujukyu tsugi no uchi)", c. 1835/38

No. 25: Yawata, from the series "Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido (Kisokaido...", c. 1835/38)
No. 25: Yawata, from the series "Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido (Kisokaido rokujukyu tsugi no uchi)", c. 1835/38

No. 38: Fukushima, from the series "Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido (Kisokaido... c. 1835/38)
No. 38: Fukushima, from the series "Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido (Kisokaido rokujukyu tsugi no uchi)", c. 1835/38

No. 32: Seba, from the series "Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido (Kisokaido...", c. 1835/38)
No. 32: Seba, from the series "Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido (Kisokaido rokujukyu tsugi no uchi)", c. 1835/38

No. 37: Miyanokoshi, from the series "Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido (Kisokaido... c.1835/38)
No. 37: Miyanokoshi, from the series "Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido (Kisokaido rokujukyu tsugi no uchi)", c. 1835/38

No. 19: Karuizawa, from the series "Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido (Kisokaido... c. 1835/38)
No. 19: Karuizawa, from the series "Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido (Kisokaido rokujukyu tsugi no uchi)", c. 1835/38

No. 28: Nagakubo, from the series "Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido (Kisokaido... c. 1835/38)
No. 28: Nagakubo, from the series "Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido (Kisokaido rokujukyu tsugi no uchi)", c. 1835/38

No. 19: Karuizawa, from the series "Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido (Kisokaido... c. 1835/38)
No. 19: Karuizawa, from the series "Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido (Kisokaido rokujukyu tsugi no uchi)", c. 1835/38

No. 16: Annaka, from the series "Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido (Kisokaido...", c. 1835/38)
No. 16: Annaka, from the series "Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido (Kisokaido rokujukyu tsugi no uchi)", c. 1835/38

No. 66: Echikawa, from the series "Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido (Kisokaido... c. 1835/38)
No. 66: Echikawa, from the series "Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido (Kisokaido rokujukyu tsugi no uchi)", c. 1835/38

No. 42: Midono, from the series "Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido (Kisokaido...", c. 1835/38)
No. 42: Midono, from the series "Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido (Kisokaido rokujukyu tsugi no uchi)", c. 1835/38

No. 38: Fukushima, from the series "Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido (Kisokaido... c. 1835/38)
No. 38: Fukushima, from the series "Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido (Kisokaido rokujukyu tsugi no uchi)", c. 1835/38

No. 24: Shionata, from the series "Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido (Kisokaido... c. 1835/38)
No. 24: Shionata, from the series "Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido (Kisokaido rokujukyu tsugi no uchi)", c. 1835/38

No. 32: Seba, from the series "Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido (Kisokaido...", c. 1835/38)
No. 32: Seba, from the series "Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido (Kisokaido rokujukyu tsugi no uchi)", c. 1835/38

No. 32: Seba, from the series "Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido (Kisokaido...", c. 1835/38)
No. 32: Seba, from the series "Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido (Kisokaido rokujukyu tsugi no uchi)", c. 1835/38

No. 26: Mochizuki, from the series "Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido (Kisokaido... c. 1835/38)
No. 26: Mochizuki, from the series "Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido (Kisokaido rokujukyu tsugi no uchi)", c. 1835/38

No. 37: Miyanokoshi, from the series "Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido (Kisokaido... c1835/38)
No. 37: Miyanokoshi, from the series "Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido (Kisokaido rokujukyu tsugi no uchi)", c. 1835/38

No. 56: Mieji, from the series "Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido (Kisokaido...", c. 1835/38)
No. 56: Mieji, from the series "Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido (Kisokaido rokujukyu tsugi no uchi)", c. 1835/38

No. 12: Shinmachi, from the series "Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido (Kisokaido... c. 1835/38)
No. 12: Shinmachi, from the series "Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido (Kisokaido rokujukyu tsugi no uchi)", c. 1835/38

No. 28: Nagakubo, from the series "Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido (Kisokaido... c. 1835/38)
No. 28: Nagakubo, from the series "Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido (Kisokaido rokujukyu tsugi no uchi)", c. 1835/38

No. 40: Suhara, from the series "Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido (Kisokaido...c. 1835/38)
No. 40: Suhara, from the series "Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido (Kisokaido rokujukyu tsugi no uchi)", c. 1835/38

No. 39: Agematsu, from the series "Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido (Kisokaido...c. 1835/38)
No. 39: Agematsu, from the series "Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido (Kisokaido rokujukyu tsugi no uchi)", c. 1835/38

No. 17: Matsuida, from the series "Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido (Kisokaido... c. 1835/38)
No. 17: Matsuida, from the series "Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido (Kisokaido rokujukyu tsugi no uchi)", c. 1835/38

No. 45: Ochiai, from the series "Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido (Kisokaido...c. 1835/38)
No. 45: Ochiai, from the series "Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido (Kisokaido rokujukyu tsugi no uchi)", c. 1835/38

Plan of the Battle of Sekigahara, October 21st 1600, 1903. Creator: Unknown
Plan of the Battle of Sekigahara, October 21st 1600, 1903. On October 21, 1600, troops were deployed on the Nakasendo mountain pass for the Battle of Sekigahara

Tokaido & Nakasendo to illustrate the Sekigahara Campaign, 1903. Creator: Unknown
Tokaido & Nakasendo to illustrate the Sekigahara Campaign, 1903. The Battle of Sekigahara, October 21, 1600 led to establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate

Magome-juku post town, Kiso Valley, Gifu prefecture, Japan

No. 41: Distant View of the Ina River Bridge at Nojiri (Yonjuichi: Noriji Inagawabas... c. 1835 / 36)
No. 41: Distant View of the Ina River Bridge at Nojiri (Yonjuichi: Noriji Inagawabashi enkei), from the series " [Sixty-nine Stations of the] Kisokaido", Japan, c. 1835/36

No. 15: Itahana (Jugo: Itahana), from the series "Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido... c1835 / 36
No. 15: Itahana (Jugo: Itahana), from the series " Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido (Kisokaido rokujukyu tsugi no uchi)", Japan, c. 1835/36

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"Nakasendo: A Historic Journey through Japan's Scenic Countryside" Embark on a captivating journey along the Nakasendo, an ancient road that once connected Tokyo to Kyoto. This historic route played a significant role in Japan's history, as it witnessed the Plan of the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600. The battle, depicted in a 1903 illustration by an unknown artist, marked a turning point for the country. The Tokaido and Nakasendo routes were used to illustrate the Sekigahara Campaign in another artwork from 1903. These illustrations offer glimpses into the past and allow us to visualize the events that unfolded centuries ago. One of the highlights along this picturesque route is Magome-juku post town nestled in Kiso Valley, Gifu prefecture. This charming town takes visitors back to feudal times with its traditional buildings and cobblestone streets. No wonder it has become one of Japan's must-visit destinations. Capture breathtaking views like no other at Nojiri's Ina River Bridge (Yonjuichi: Noriji Inagawabas) captured by Ikeda Eisen around 1835/36. The bridge stands as a testament to both architectural brilliance and natural beauty. Another masterpiece by Ikeda Eisen showcases Itahana (Jugo: Itahana), one of sixty-nine stations along Kisokaido during his time. These prints provide valuable insights into life during those days and transport us back to an era long gone. As you traverse Shiojiri Pass (Sanjuichi: Shiojiri Toge Suwa no kosui), take a moment to admire Lake Suwa from this vantage point also depicted by Ikeda Eisen around 1835/36. The stunning view serves as evidence that nature remains unchanged throughout time. Experience rain on Hiratsuka Plain near Kutsukake Station (Niju.