It was famous for the 'nightly weeping rock' ( yonaki ishi) and the 'child-rearing-candy' ( kosodate ame), after a legend, according to which one faithful Buddhist woman who was pregnant was killed by a bandit while traveling to visit her husband. It is mentioned in waka poetry as one of the most difficult passes of the Tōkaidō, together with Hakone and Suzuka. 'Sayo no nakayama is a mountain pass between the town of Nissaka and Kakegawa, in Shizuoka prefecture. Links Hagi Uragami Museum of Art National Diet Library Museum of Fine Arts, Boston British Museum Chazen Museum of Art Harvard Art Museums Museum für angewandte Kunst, Vienna Ritsumeikan University Walters Museum of Art Google maps - Nissaka Muzeum Sztuki i Techniki Japońskiej Manggha, Krakow Lyon Collection - Nissaka station by Kunisada Ashmolean Museum Royal Museums of Art and History, Belgium (via Cultural Japan) Museum of Oriental Art, Venice (via Ritsumeikan University) Ritsumeikan University - Sadayoshi version of Kuniyoshi's original design Pushkin State Museum Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida Spencer Museum of Art Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen (Rijksmuseum Volkenkunde, Leiden) via Ritsumeikan University The Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts (via Cultural Japan) The National Museum, Prague Description:There are nine prints from this series, Fifty-three Pairings for the Tōkaidō Road ( Tōkaidō gojūsan tsui - 東海道五十三対), in the Lyon Collection. Inscription:Signed: Ichiyūsai Kuniyoshi ga (artist – ) Nissaka (日坂): The Nightly Weeping Rock (小夜の中山夜啼石) from the series Fifty-three Pairings for the Tōkaidō Road ( Tōkaidō gojūsan tsui - 東海道五十三対) Printĭimensions:9.875 in x 14.125 in (Overall dimensions)

The Tokaido Road by Jilly Traganou