The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō

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ukiyo-e print series woodblock print series

The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō is a celebrated series of ukiyo-e woodblock prints by Utagawa Hiroshige depicting scenic views along the historic Tōkaidō road between Edo and Kyoto in Japan.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō canonical	9
Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō	6
Stations of the Tōkaidō	4
The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō (Hiroshige)	2
Hiroshige’s Tōkaidō series corpus	1
The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō (Hiroshige series)	1
The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō (Hōeidō edition)	1
The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō by Utagawa Hiroshige	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3995928 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō
Context triple: [Utagawa Hiroshige, notableWork, The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō]

A. Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji
Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji is a famous series of ukiyo-e woodblock prints by Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai, renowned for its varied portrayals of Mount Fuji in different seasons and weather conditions.
B. One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji
One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji is a multi-volume series of illustrated books by Japanese ukiyo-e master Katsushika Hokusai, exploring Mount Fuji through a wide variety of imaginative compositions and perspectives.
C. Bansho Shirabesho
Bansho Shirabesho was a late Edo-period Japanese government institute dedicated to studying and translating Western (primarily Dutch and later English) books and sciences.
D. 100 Landscapes of Japan
100 Landscapes of Japan is a curated list of notable Japanese scenic sites selected for their outstanding natural beauty, cultural significance, and representative landscapes of the country.
E. Tama no Higashi no Misasagi
Tama no Higashi no Misasagi is an imperial mausoleum in Japan that serves as the final resting place of Empress Kōjun, consort of Emperor Shōwa (Hirohito).
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō
Target entity description: The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō is a celebrated series of ukiyo-e woodblock prints by Utagawa Hiroshige depicting scenic views along the historic Tōkaidō road between Edo and Kyoto in Japan.

A. Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji
Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji is a famous series of ukiyo-e woodblock prints by Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai, renowned for its varied portrayals of Mount Fuji in different seasons and weather conditions.
B. One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji
One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji is a multi-volume series of illustrated books by Japanese ukiyo-e master Katsushika Hokusai, exploring Mount Fuji through a wide variety of imaginative compositions and perspectives.
C. Bansho Shirabesho
Bansho Shirabesho was a late Edo-period Japanese government institute dedicated to studying and translating Western (primarily Dutch and later English) books and sciences.
D. 100 Landscapes of Japan
100 Landscapes of Japan is a curated list of notable Japanese scenic sites selected for their outstanding natural beauty, cultural significance, and representative landscapes of the country.
E. Tama no Higashi no Misasagi
Tama no Higashi no Misasagi is an imperial mausoleum in Japan that serves as the final resting place of Empress Kōjun, consort of Emperor Shōwa (Hirohito).
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ukiyo-e print series ⓘ woodblock print series ⓘ
artForm	color woodblock print ⓘ
artMovement	ukiyo-e ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Japan ⓘ
creator	Utagawa Hiroshige ⓘ
depicts	Edo ⓘ Kyoto ⓘ Tōkaidō road ⓘ linked to: Tōkaidō daily life in the Edo period ⓘ landscapes ⓘ post stations of the Tōkaidō ⓘ seasonal weather ⓘ travelers ⓘ
firstPublished	1830s ⓘ
genre	landscape art ⓘ
hasPart	print of each Tōkaidō station ⓘ print of ending point at Kyoto ⓘ print of starting point at Nihonbashi ⓘ
includes	Fujisawa-juku ⓘ Hakone-juku ⓘ linked to: Tōkaidō post station Ishibe-juku ⓘ linked to: Fujisawa-juku Kanagawa-juku ⓘ Kuwana-juku ⓘ Kyō, Kyoto ⓘ linked to: Kyoto Mariko-juku ⓘ Nihonbashi, Edo ⓘ linked to: Nihonbashi Okazaki-juku ⓘ Shōno-juku ⓘ
inCollection	British Museum ⓘ Metropolitan Museum of Art ⓘ Museum of Fine Arts, Boston ⓘ Tokyo National Museum ⓘ
influenced	European Impressionism ⓘ linked to: Impressionism Western landscape painting ⓘ
influencedBy	travel boom on the Tōkaidō ⓘ
languageOfTitle	Japanese ⓘ
notableFor	innovative compositions ⓘ popularity in Edo-period Japan ⓘ vivid depiction of weather and atmosphere ⓘ
numberOfPrints	55 ⓘ
originalTitle	Tōkaidō Gojūsan-tsugi ⓘ linked to: Tōkaidō
partOf	Hiroshige’s Tōkaidō series corpus ⓘ linked to: The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō
publicationPlace	Edo ⓘ
publisher	Hoeidō ⓘ Senkakudō ⓘ
setInPeriod	Edo period ⓘ
subjectOf	multiple museum exhibitions ⓘ

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Referenced by (25)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Utagawa Hiroshige → notableWork → The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō ⓘ

Utagawa Hiroshige → subjectOf → The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō ⓘ

Tōkaidō → depictedIn → The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō ⓘ

Shinagawa-juku → partOf → Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō ⓘ

subject linked to: Shinagawa-juku of the Edo period