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

The Property of an English Collector

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)

Four 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:

- Ise Province: Mount Asama, Teahouse on the Mountain Pass (Ise, Asamayama, Toge no chaya), 7^th month 1853

- Noto Province: Waterfall Bay (Noto, Taki no ura), 9^th month 1853

- Kaga Province: The Eight Wonders of Kanazawa, The Fishing Fires on Lake Renko (Kaga, Kanazawa hassho no uchi, Renko no isaribi), 9^th month 1855

- Satsuma Province: Bo Bay, The Two-sword Rocks (Satsuma, Bo no ura, Sokenseki), 3^rd month 1856 

Each vertical oban:

36.5 x 24.9 cm., 14⅜ x 11 ¾ in. (the first)

36.6 x 25.3 cm., 14⅜ x 10 in. (the second)

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

35.9 x 24.8 cm., 14⅛ x 9 ¾ in. (the fourth)