Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)


Edo period (1615-1868), dated 1855 and 1857Six oban tate-e prints: the first of Yoshiwara Nihonzutumi (Nihon Embankment, Yoshiwara), from the series Meisho Edo hyakkei (100 Famous Views of Edo), published by Uoya Eikichi, with censor's seal aratame, date seal snake 4 (1857), signed Hiroshige ga, mounted on card; five from the series Gojusantsugi meisho zue (Famous Sights of the 53 Stations) comprising two prints of Hiratsuka Banyugawa funa, atashi Oyama enbo (Distant View of Oyama and Boats Crossing Ba'nyugawa, Hiratsuka), one of Maisaka, Imagiri kaijo funawatashi (Ferryboats on the Sea at Imagiri, Maisaka), one of Goyu Motonogahara Motozaka goe (Motonogahara and Motozaka Pass, Goyu) and one of Shono Shiratorizuka koseki (Ancient Site of the Shiratori Mound, Shono), all published by Tsutaya Kichizo, with censor's seal aratame, date seal rabbit 7 (1855), signed Hiroshige hitsu, two mounted on paper. The smallest: 35cm x 23.6cm (13¾in x 9½in); the largest 36cm x 24cm (14 1/8in x 9½in). (6).
|ProvenanceThe fifth (Goyu): M. Nakazawa, Tokyo.