FICHE 15676
(1797 - 1858)
No. 27, Kakegawa: Fording the Forty-eight Rapids on the Akiba Road (Kakegawa, Akiba michi shijûhachi segoe)
Woodblock print
1855
Fine impression on Japan paper with margins, 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: vertical ôban (364 x 245 mm)
Reference: a proof is preserved in the MFA of Boston.
Condition: small binding holes in the left margin, very slight stains in the foreground, otherwise in good condition.