FICHE 18644
(1797 - 1858)
No. 1, Nihonbashi: View of Dawn Clouds (Nihonbashi, Shinonome no kei)
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. Censor's seals Aratame, Hare 7.
Sheet: ôban (362 x 245 mm)
Reference: a proof is preserved in the MFA of Boston.
Condition: laid on Japan paper, light-staining.