Galerie Christian Collin

(1786 - 1864) and (1797 - 1858)

Arai: View of the Distant Lake and the Horie Area (Enko Horie fûkei)

Identity Inspection Granny at the Lake (Mizuumi)

Woodblock print

1855

Fine impression on japan paper, signed Hiroshige ga and Toyokuni ga, plate 32 from the series The Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road by Two Brushes (Sôhitsu gojûsan tsugi), published by Maruya Kyûshirô. Censors' seals aratame, Hare 4.

Sheet: ôban (358 x 245 mm)

Reference: a proof is preserved in the MFA of Boston.

Condition: laid on Japan paper, very light soilings and discreet crease at the bottom of the sheet.