Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) | Six woodblock prints from the series Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces (Rokujuyoshu meisho zue) | Edo period, 19th century

The Property of an English Collector

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)

Six woodblock prints from the series Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces (Rokujuyoshu meisho zue)

Edo period, 19^th century

each a woodblock print, from the series Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces (Rokujuyoshu meisho zue), signed Hiroshige hitsu (Brush of Hiroshige), censor’s seal aratame (certified), published by Koshimuraya Heisuke, and comprising:

- Kawachi Province: Mount Otoko in Hirakata (Kawachi, Hirakata, Otokoyama), 7^th month 1853

- Kai Province: Monkey Bridge (Kai, Saruhashi), 8^th month 1853

- Hida Province: Basket Ferry (Hida, Kagowatashi), 8^th month 1853

- Higo Province: Gokanosho (Higo, Gokanosho), 3^rd month 1856

- Hyuga Province: Aburatsu Port, Obi Pshima (Hyuga, Aburatsu no minato, Obi Oshima), 3^rd month 1856

- Tsushima Province: A Fine Evening on the Coast (Tsushima, Kaigan yubare), 3^rd month 1856

Each vertical oban:

36.5 x 24.7 cm., 14⅜ x 9¾ in. (the first)

36.6 x 25.7 cm., 14⅜ x 10⅛ in. (the second)

36.6 x 25.6 cm., 14⅜ x 10⅛ in. (the third)

36.7 x 25.2 cm.,14⅜ x 9⅞ in. (the fourth)

35.2 x 23.4 cm., 13 7/8 x 9¼ in. (the fifth)

35.6 x 25.1 cm., 14 x 9⅞ in. (the sixth)