Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword -- Historical perspective -- Translations of Hiroshige's sub-titles -- Some features of a Hiroshige print -- Map showing fifty-three stages of the Old Tokaido -- Introduction -- 1. From the shogun's capital -- 2. From Musashi to the province of Sagami -- 3. Hot spring haven -- 4. Stone pavement -- 5. Incoming firearms, outgoing women -- 6. The road by the shore -- 7. Fuji on the left -- 8. Satta Pass -- 9. Japanese inn -- 10. The Meiji tunnel -- 11. The Oi River -- 12. The night wailing stone -- 13. Typhoon 19 -- 14. Sorobans, palanquins and post-towns -- 15. Fascist salutes and a ghost town -- 16. A divine wind -- 18. The seven ri ferry -- 19. Left for the Grand Shrines, right for the capital -- 20. The stone Buddha -- 21. Suzuka barrier -- 22. The six Jizo -- 23. The old apothecary's shop -- Epilogue -- Select Bibliography -- Glossary -- Facsimile page from author's Tokaido diary -- Namamugi: site of the Richardson incident -- Index.

For the first time in an English language edition published outside Japan, all 55 prints of Hiroshige's 'Fifty-three Stages of the Tokaido' are reproduced in full colour, supporting a detailed and intriguing account of the author's rediscovery on foot of the historic 303-mile road from Edo (Tokyo) to Kyoto. Remarkably, the Old Tokaido can still be found in many locations and photographs of the modern parallel the old.

Description based on print version record.