Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) | Ten woodblock prints from the Kyoka Tokaido | Edo Period, 19th century

Property from a Private Collector

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) 

Ten woodblock prints from the Kyoka Tokaido

Edo Period, 19^th century

each a woodblock print, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi), also known as the Kyoka Tokaido, signed Hiroshige ga, censor's seal kiwame, published by Sanoya Kihei (Kikakudo), circa 1840-42, and comprising:

- Hakone

- Hara

- Fuchu: Second Street in the Licensed Pleasure Quarter (Fuchu, Nicho-machi kuruwa no zu)

- Kawasaki

- Fujikawa

- Ishibe

- Sakanoshita: View of Mount Fudesute (Sakanoshita, Fudesuteyama no zu)

- Oiso 

- Eijiri 

- Mariko 

Each horizontal chuban: each approx. 17 x 23 cm., 6¾ x 9⅛ in.