FICHE 19008
(1797 - 1858)
Fuchû: Famous Pastry Shop and Abe River (Meibutsu mochiya, Abekawa)
Woodblock print
circa 1850 - 1851
Fine impression on Japan paper, signed Hiroshige ga, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road (Gojûsan tsugi), published by Tsutaya Kichizô. Censors' seals Mera, Murata.
Sheet: chûban (180 x 246 mm)
Reference: a proof is preserved in the MFA in Boston.
Condition: very small paperloss in the upper margin, paper strip stuck in the right margin, otherwise in good condition.