Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)


Edo period, dated 1853 and 1855Four oban tate-e prints from the series Rokujuyoshu meisho zue (Famous Places in the 60-odd Provinces): the first of Totomi Hamana no umi Horie Kanzanji Inasa no hosoe (Lake Hamana, Kanzanji Temple in Horie and the Inasa-Hosoe Inlet, Totomi Province), two nanushi censor's seals Murata and Kinugasa, date seal ox 8 (1853), 35.8cm x 24.5cm (14 1/8in x 9 5/8in); the second of Owari Tsushima Tenno Matsuri (The Tenno Festival at Tsushima in Owari Province), with two nanushi censor's seals Mera and Kinugasa, with date seal ox 7 (1853), 36.2cm x 24.5cm (14¼in x 9 5/8in); the third of Awaji, Gooshikinohama (Goshiki Beach, Awaji Province), censor's seal aratame, date seal rabbit 9 (1855), 35.8cm x 24.5cm (14 1/8in x 9 5/8in); the fourth of Tango Amano hashidate (Amanohashidate Peninsula, Tango Province), censor's seal aratame, with date seal ox 12 (1853), 36.7cm x 24.5cm (14¼in x 9 5/8in); all published by Koshimuraya Heisuke, all signed Hiroshige hitsu; all framed and glazed. (4).