Posted by Noel Chiappa (98.166.150.186) on March 08, 2010 at 20:15:27:
In Reply to: Tokaido Gojusan Tsugi Hodogaya posted by Andrew on March 08, 2010 at 09:23:11:
"Does anyone know what is the basis for the convention "HODOGAYA"
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It could be a mistake copied from a Western source, i.e. someone transcribed the text of the fifth print in the series, Hodogaya (one of the Stations of the Tokaido), and that was mistaken as being the title of the entire series, and the error propagated from that point forward."
I think you have hit the nail right on the head, there.
Edward Strange, 'Colour Prints of Hiroshige', _does_ in fact list it as 'Tōkaidō Gojūsan Tsugi Hodogaya' (pg. 157 of the original hardcopy), and I'm pretty sure that's where John Roden's mistaken listing came from.
Hopefully he'll get to your email at some point - I imagine he must get a ton, related to that site!
As to the cause of the original mistake, well, that is a bit confusing. As Guy points out, the station name is not in the main series title cartouche. Odd.
Still, a lesson to us all - take even canonical works with a grain of salt!
Noel