Utagawa Hiroshige I (1797-1858)


Edo period (1615-1868), 1833-1856Comprising three oban yoko-e, a chutanzaku, and seven oban tate-e prints: Oiso, Tora ga ame (Oiso: Tora's Rain), and Seki, honjin hayadachi (Seki: Early Departure of a Daimyo), both from the series Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi (53 Stations of the Tokaido Road), 1833-1834, published by Takenouchi Magohachi (Hoeido); Rokudanme (Act VI), from the series Chushingura (The Storehouse of Loyal Retainers), 1835-1839, published by Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendo), censor's seal kiwame; and Takanawa tsukiyo (Moonlit Evening at Takanawa), from the series Toto meisho (Famous Places in the Eastern Capital), 1837-1838; each signed Hiroshige ga; Sheet one: Shinagawa, Nihonbashi, and Kawasaki, signed Ryusai giga; sheet three: Hiratsuka, Odawara, Hakone, and Oiso, Shigitatsu-an, Shigitatsu sawa Saigyo hoshi no zo (Oiso: Saigyo's Hut, Portrait of Saigyo at Snipe-rising Marsh); sheet four: Mishima, Onna date, Onna date Mishima no Osen (Mishima: Female Dandies, the Female Dandy Mishima no Osen); Numazu, Yoshiwara, Fujinuma (Yoshiwara: Fuji Marsh), and Hara, Taketori no okina Kaguya-hime o eru (Hara: The Old Bamboo Cutter Finds the Shining Princess), signed Hiroshige; sheet 10: Shirasuka Shiomizaka, Futakawa, Arai, meisan unagi tori (Arai: Fishing for the Famous Eels), signed Hiroshige hitsu; and Yoshida, sheet 11: Yamamoto Kansuke gui (Goyu: The Humble Home of Yamamoto Kansuke), Akasaka, Miyajiyama no momiji (Akasaka: Red Maple Leaves on Mount Miyaji), Fujikawa, and Choja ga hime Joruri junidan no monogatari (Okazaki: The Story of Joruri, Daughter of the Choja), signed Hiroshige, sheet 13: Ishiyakushi, signed Hiroshige hitsu, Yokkaichi, Shono, and Kameyama, sheet 15: Kusatsu, Biwako fukei (Kusatsu: View of Lake Biwa), signed Hiroshige, Ishibe, Otsu, and Keishi, Yase no marebito (Kyoto: A Visitor from Yase), each from the series Tokaido gojusan tsugi zue (the harimaze series Pictures of the 53 Stations of the Tokaido Road), 1856, published by Yamaguchiya Tobei (Kinkodo), censor's seals aratame, tatsu ni (11) 9 1/8 x 14in (23.2 x 35.6cm) each approximately13 13/16 x 4 3/4in (35 x 12cm)13 5/8 x 9 3/8in (34.5 x 23.8cm) each approximately