Okabe Utamaro Kitagawa The close range view has

The close range view has lively movement

” happily married birds

The color tone of deep purple kimono and black outfit has good contrast that adds some taste to the picture

that a woman is reading with lying down and places her head on the squared pillow

it can be enjoyed like a collection of short stories

Okabe Utamaro Kitagawa The close range view hasOkabe is 8 km away from Mariko. Utsunoya Pass is one of the rough spots in Tokaido. A stream is gushing along with the steep passage between the two mountainsides. Cedar forest on the right mountainside depicts the deepness of the mountain. It might be autumn. Greens remain in the mountain still, but leaves of a tree sticking out from the slope are already turning to red. We can see a woodcutter carrying firewood followed by men carrying baskets. On