Otsu, 東海道五十三次　大津, Edo period (1615?1868), ca. 1840, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, Overall: 8 3/4 x 13 3/4in. (22. 2 x 34. 9cm), Prints, Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1797?1858 Tokyo (Edo) ), The highway called the Tokaido stretched about 290 miles from Nihonbashi in the center of Edo to the Great Sanjo Bridge in Kyoto, a journey of ten days or two weeks. Between Edo and Kyoto, fifty-three stations served the travelers' needs