FICHE 14711
(1797 - 1858)
No. 44, Yokkaichi: Nako Bay and the Mie River (Yokkaichi, Nako no ura Miekawa)
Woodcut in colours
1855
Impression on Japan paper, signed Hiroshige hitsu, from the series Famous Sights of the Fifty-three Stations (Gojûsan tsugi meisho zue), also known as the Vertical Tôkaidô, published by Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô). Censor's seals Aratame, Hare 7.
Sheet: ôban (365 x 235 mm.)
Reference: a proof is preserved in the MFA of Boston.
Condition: a nice impression with margins. Small binding holes in the right edge. In the upper margin, paper thinning with two tiny tears.