Author: Nishijima Katsuyuki (西嶋勝之).
Title: Kisokaidō , Sakamoto (木曽街道、坂本).
Subject: Sakamoto: the 17th stop of the Kisokaidō road.
Series number: 36/500.
Genre: meisho-e (名所絵).
Period: late 20th century.
Size: 48cm x 34cm (18,89 x 13,38 inches).
Trimmed: no
Backed: no
Code: NJK01003

Condition: good condition. Deep and clear colors all over the print. No creases, holes nor signs of fixings. Any remarkable stain.

A view of the rural relay station of Sakamoto: leaving from Edō is the 17th of the Kisokaidō.
The Kisokaidō, also known as Nakasendō (中山道), was one of the five route, gokaidō (五街道), which in feudal Japan conneted Edō (modern-day Tōkyō) with the Imperial Capital Kyōtō across the Japanese Alps.
It spread along the Kiso River, sided by the Kiso Mountains, hence its name.

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