The recent acquisition of an important album of Tōkaidō prints that belonged to Victor Segalen (1878-1919), poet, novelist and sinologist, is an opportunity to present for the first time to the public this road around which inspired many famous prints.
Many of the prints are kept in the museum. The album “Last Tōkaidō” concludes a long tradition. Numerous Japanese artists have illustrated, in various forms, in whole or in part, the major stations marking the road that connects Kyoto, imperial capital, to Edo (Tokyo), capital of the Shogun.
*Original text is in French