UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)

UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)

EDO PERIOD, C.1840-50

Eight Japanese woodblock prints depicting landscapes, one horizontal yoko-e picture entitled 'Yoshiwara' from the series Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi (The Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road), the seven others taken from various series entitled 'Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces of Japan', 'Famous Sights of the Fifty-Three Stations' ('The Vertical Tokaido'), 'Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji, 'One Hundred Views of Famous Places in the Provinces' and 'One Hundred Famous Views of Edo', all approx. 35.4cm x 24cm. (8)

See the Minneapolis Insititute of Art, access. no.P.75.51.531 for another example of the Yoshiwara print.