Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) | Four landscape woodblock prints | Edo period, 19th century

The Property of a Gentleman

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)

Four landscape woodblock prints

Edo period, 19^th century

each a woodblock print, and comprising:

- Maisaka: View of Imagiri (Maisaka, Imagiri shinkei), from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi), signed Hiroshige ga (Pictured by Hiroshige), censor’s seal kiwame (approved), published by Takenouchi Magohachi (Hoeido), circa 1833-34

- Futakawa: Monkey Plateau (Futakawa, Sarugababa), from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi), signed Hiroshige ga, censor’s seal kiwame, published by Takenouchi Magohachi (Hoeido), circa 1833-34

- No. 6, Totsuka: View of Fuji from the Mountain Road (Totsuka, Sando yori Fuji chobo), from the series Famous Sights of the Fifty-three Stations (Gojusan tsugi meisho zue), signed Hiroshige hitsu (Brush of Hiroshige), censor’s seal aratame (certified), published by Tsutaya Kichizo (Koeido), 7^th month 1855

- Yoshiwara: Fuji on the Left at Nawate (Yoshiwara, hidari Fuji no Nawate), from the series 53 Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi), signed Hiroshige ga, censor’s seal kiwame, published by Sanoya Kihei (Kikakudo), circa 1840-42

Horizontal oban: 37.1 x 24 cm., 14½ x 9½ in. (the first)

Horizontal oban: 37.3 x 24.2 cm., 14½ x 9½ in. (the second

Vertical oban: 35.8 x 24 cm., 14 x 9½ in. (the third)

Horizontal chuban: 16.3 x 22.5 cm., 6½ x 8¾ in.