Landscapes
HIROSHIGE Ando
FICHE 19957
(1797 - 1858)
No. 43, Kuwana: Ferryboats at Shichiri (Kuwana, Shichiri no watashibune)
Woodblock print
1855
Fine 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 seal aratame, Hare 7.
Sheet: ôban (363 x 247 mm)
Reference: a proof is preserved in the MFA of Boston.
Condition : slightly light-staining, ink stain in the left margin, small binding holes in the right margin, otherwise in good condition.
1400 €
