Nissaka: Sayo Mountain Pass (Nissaka, Sayo no nakayama)
- Color Woodblock
- 9.375 x 14.375 in
- Utagawa Hiroshige (歌川広重)
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Station Twenty-six: Nissaka: Sayo Mountain Pass (Nissaka, Sayo no nakayama), from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsugi no uchi 東海道五十三次之内).
Travelers pass the famous Night-Weeping Stone (yonaki-ishi) near a steep uphill course to Nissaka. According to legend, a pregnant woman was killed by bandits, and her blood fell on the stone. Ever since, the stone has cried out every night for her. The sharp slope at the right contrasts with the gentle forms of the low-lying hills.
- Subject Matter: Landscape
- Created: c. 1833 -34
- Inventory Number: 2018.010.078
- Collections: Japanese Prints, Prints