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A Historical Overview: What Was Japan’s Tokaido Road?
Japan’s Tokaido Road existed as a significant trade route connecting Kyoto and Edo (now Tokyo). Used for several hundreds of years, the Tokaido or “Eastern Sea Road” became especially famous ...
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The Tokaido Road series brings Hiroshige great success, but he struggles to find what he truly wants to paint. Just when he begins to understand what that might be, tragedy befalls his supportive ...
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Episode 2
As his last samurai duty, Hiroshige journeys down the Tokaido Road. Then, through Kayo's connection, a publisher named Magohachi offers him a job to paint "The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido ...
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Tokaido bullet trains halted after collision on the tracks
Business travelers, tourists and countless others were left stranded by the suspension of the Tokaido Shinkansen Line from the morning of July 22 due to a collision of maintenance vehicles.
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Disruptions continue on Tokaido, Sanyo Shinkansen lines
Services on the Tokaido and Sanyo Shinkansen lines were halted and delayed early on Aug. 17 as cancellations the previous day caused by heavy rain affected crew and train car preparations.