Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) Woodblock Print Fifty-Three Stations Of Tokaido"The Famous Teahouse At Mariko"

A resting stop on the Tōkaidō (the Eastern Sea Road connecting present-day Tokyo and Kyoto), Mariko is more than a generic teahouse. In this woodcut, the white vertical sign in front of the teahouse advertises the house’s meibutsu, or specialty: tororo-jiru (a soup made from grated mountain potatoes). Mariko’s specialty, immortalized in a haiku by the famous Matsuo Bashō, was well known throughout the Edo period and, as seen in this print, travelers stopped by the teahouse to order tororo-jiru along with their tea. Though Mariko is just a simple hut on the road, the artist’s keen sense of illustration brings alive the two travelers, happily eating while a serving woman with a baby sleeping on her back waits on them.
Dimensions: 15 1/8" x 11 1/2" - sight: 6 7/8" x 10 5/8"
Condition: very good

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