Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858)
Lot 31From a Private English Collection

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858)

Five woodblock prints from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road

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Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858)
Five woodblock prints from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road
Five woodblock prints, each from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi), also known as the First Tokaido, signed Hiroshige ga, published by Hoeido, circa 1833–34 and comprising:

1. Miya: Festival of the Atsuta Shrine (Miya, Atsuta shinji)
2. Yoshiwara: Mount Fuji on the Left (Yoshiwara, hidari Fuji)
3. Kusatsu: Famous Post House (Kusatsu, Meibutsu tateba)
4. Fukuroi: Tea Stall (Fukuroi, dejaya no zu)
5. Hara: Mount Fuji in the Morning (Hara, asa no Fuji)
Each horizontal oban:
25 x 38cm.
25.2 x 37.7cm.
22 x 33.7cm.
23.1 x 36cm.
25.1 x 38cm.

Specialist note

For another impression of the first and second in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (MET), New York, go to:
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/55992
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/36936

For other impressions of the third, fourth and fifth in the Honolulu Museum of Art, go to:
https://honolulumuseum.org/art/8026
https://honolulumuseum.org/art/6912
https://honolulumuseum.org/art/6937