![]() The book, while written in a comical style, was written as a traveler's guide to the Tōkaidō Road. ![]() The two main characters, traveling from Edo to Kyoto on their pilgrimage to Ise Grand Shrine, are called Yajirobē (彌次郎兵衛) and Kitahachi (喜多八). ![]() The book was published in twelve parts between 18. Tōkaidōchū Hizakurige ( 東海道中膝栗毛), abbreviated as Hizakurige and known in translation as Shank's Mare, is a comic picaresque novel ( kokkeibon) written by Jippensha Ikku (十返舎一九, 1765–1831) about the misadventures of two travelers on the Tōkaidō, the main road between Kyoto and Edo during the Edo period. (This print illustrates a scene from "Footing It along the Tokaido Road" (or "Shank's Mare") Two men frightened by a ghost fall over one another and then laugh hysterically when they realize they are fleeing a kimono drying in the wind. Tokaido gojusan tsui, Futakawa by Hiroshige.
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