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Sanai Hashimoto (April 19, 1834 - November 1, 1859) was a Japanese samurai and loyal supporter of the Emperor during the final days of the Tokugawa Shogunate.<br/><br/> Shimada Bokusen was the son and a pupil of Maruyama school painter Shimada Sekkoku. He studied under Hashimoto Gaho, a member of the Nihon Bijutsuin. A committee member of the Teiten in 1925, he received the Imperial Art Academy Prize in 1942. He specialized in portraits of historical figures, working in a revived <i>yamato-e</i> style.
Shimada: View looking down upon a wide bed of the Oi River, with people waiting on its sand-banks to be taken across. There was no bridge across the Oi River and travellers had to cross it in a variety of ways as is shown in the picture. It became difficult to cross when heavy rain turned the river into fierce, raging rapids.<br/><br/> Utagawa Hiroshige (歌川 広重, 1797 – October 12, 1858) was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist, and one of the last great artists in that tradition. He was also referred to as Andō Hiroshige (安藤 広重) (an irregular combination of family name and art name) and by the art name of Ichiyūsai Hiroshige (一幽斎廣重).<br/><br/> The Tōkaidō (東海道 East Sea Road) was the most important of the Five Routes of the Edo period, connecting Edo (modern-day Tokyo) to Kyoto in Japan. Unlike the inland and less heavily travelled Nakasendō, the Tōkaidō travelled along the sea coast of eastern Honshū, hence the route's name.