FICHE 19926
(1797 - 1858)
Kusatsu: Famous Post House (Kusatsu, Meibutsu tateba)
Woodblock print
circa 1833 - 1834
Fine impression on Japan paper, signed Hiroshige ga, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsugi no uchi), also known as the First Tôkaidô or Great Tôkaidô, published by Takenouchi Magohachi. Censor's seal kiwame.
Sheet: ôban (251 x 373 mm)
Reference: a proof is preserved in the MFA in Boston.
Condition: some wormholes in the right part of the sheet.