Property of various owners UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797–1858)Six Woodblock Prints Edo period (1615-1868), 1857 The six ōban tate-e prints from the Shokoku Mutamagawa (Six Jewel Rivers of Various Provinces) series, each print named for a river in a different province of Japan and containing calligraphy of a poem from a classic anthology of Japanese poetry, the rivers depicted being: Ōmi Noji (Noji in Ōmi Province); Yamashiro Ide (Ide in Yamashiro Province); Kii Koya (Koya in Kii Province); Mutsu Noda (Noda in Mutsu Province); Settsu Kinuta (Kinuta in Settsu Province); and Musashi Chōfu (Chōfu in Musashi Province); each signed Hiroshige ga , all published by Maruya Kyushiro (6) 13 1/2 x 9 3/8in (34.4 x 23.8cm) each approximately None