About the Ukiyo-e Course

During the early modern period, the artist Utagawa Hiroshige created ukiyo-e paintings
that depicted the 53 post towns along the Tokaido highway that connected Edo [Tokyo) with Kyoto,
in a style that influenced Western impressionists. Along the Ukiyo-e Route,
you can visit castles and historic battlefields associated with the great samurai warriors of the age,
including Tokugawa Ieyasu, who established peace in early modern Japan
— the era in which Hiroshige lived — after a period of war.
You can also ride the Shinkansen bullet train that runs alongside the Tokaido highway
from that period and see the region’s manufacturing industry up close.