1838 (ca.), Utagawa Hiroshige, Tarui -- British Museum (London)
From the museum label: Midway through designing this series, Hiroshige left for a sketching trip along the Kisokaido. His sketch of Tarui only shows the buildings of the station. For this print, he added a samurai lord arriving in drizzling rain. The head of the station leads him and his entourage to their private inn. They pass teahouses decorated with colour woodblock prints.
1838 (ca.), Utagawa Hiroshige, Tarui -- British Museum (London)
From the museum label: Midway through designing this series, Hiroshige left for a sketching trip along the Kisokaido. His sketch of Tarui only shows the buildings of the station. For this print, he added a samurai lord arriving in drizzling rain. The head of the station leads him and his entourage to their private inn. They pass teahouses decorated with colour woodblock prints.