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Japanese woodblock print of a village street with thatched houses, a palanquin with porters, a woman in blue kimono, and figures inside a teahouse at right.

Goyu, Women Detaining Travelers, in The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido Gojusan Tsugi-no Uchi)

A woodblock print of a village street lined with thatched-roof houses and wooden shopfronts under a pale blue sky. Porters carrying a palanquin and a woman in a blue kimono walk along the road, while in an open teahouse at right a woman in a pink robe and a seated man are visible behind lattice screens.

Artist
Ando Hiroshige
Date
ca. 1834
Medium
Woodblock print (ukiyo-e) on mulberry paper (washi), ink with color
Source
Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)
Size
3000 × 1998 px
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Public domain · Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1839).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Español: Goyu, mujeres retienen a los viajeros, grabado de Hiroshige

Un grabado xilográfico de una calle de pueblo bordeada de casas con techos de paja y tiendas de madera bajo un cielo azul pálido. Porteadores con un palanquín y una mujer con kimono azul caminan por el camino, mientras en una casa de té abierta a la derecha se ven una mujer con bata rosa y un hombre sentado.

Português: Goyu, mulheres detêm viajantes, gravura de Hiroshige

Uma xilogravura de uma rua de vilarejo ladeada por casas de telhado de palha e lojas de madeira sob um céu azul pálido. Carregadores com um palanquim e uma mulher de quimono azul caminham pela estrada, enquanto numa casa de chá aberta à direita aparecem uma mulher de roupão rosa e um homem sentado.

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