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, Tokaido Road Station Print by Hiroshige

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

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Goyu, Women Detaining Travelers, Tokaido Road Station Print by Hiroshige

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