Kuniyoshi’s 55 Cats on the Tōkaidō: EP. 1 Edo & Kanagawa

Part of Kuniyoshi’s 55 Cats on the Tōkaidō · Episode 1

What happens when Utagawa Kuniyoshi turns the famous Tōkaidō road into a procession of cats? In 1848, he created visual and spoken puns based on the route’s post towns between Edo and Kyoto. Begin this six-part journey with Edo and Kanagawa, comparing his playful felines with landscapes familiar from Hiroshige. How many place names can you decode?