Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) | Five woodblock prints from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi), also known as the First Tokaido or Great Tokaido | Edo period, 19th century

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)

Five woodblock prints from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi), also known as the First Tokaido or Great Tokaido

Edo period, 19^th century

each a woodblock print, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi), also known as the First Tokaido or Great Tokaido, signed Hiroshige ga (Pictured by Hiroshige), published by published by Takenouchi Magohachi (Hoeido), circa 1833-34, and comprising:

- Maisaka: View of Imagiri (Maisaka, Imagiri shinkei)

- Arai: Ferryboat (Arai, watashibune no zu)

- Shirasuka: View of Shiomizaka (Shirasuka, Shiomizaka zu)

- Yoshida: The Toyokawa River Bridge (Yoshida, Toyokawabashi)

- Kuwana: Shichiri Crossing (Kuwana, Shichiri watashiguchi)

Each horizontal oban:

24.2 x 36.6 cm., 9½ x 14⅜ in. (the first)

24.4 x 36.8 cm., 9⅝ x 14½ in. (the second)

24.4 x 36.7 cm., 9⅝ x 14½ in. (the third)

24.4 x 36.7 cm., 9⅝ x 14½ in. (the fourth)

24.4 x 36.1 cm., 9⅝ x 14¼ in. (the fifth)