UTAGAWA SCHOOL: oban tate-e (34.9 x 25.5 ea. approx.); a collaborative album of sixty-four sheets entitled Tokaido or Tokaido no uchi with labelled place names, variously signed Hiroshige II, Kunisada, Kunisada II, Yoshimori, Yoshitoshi, Yoshimune, Chikamaro [Gyosai], Sadahide, Yoshitora, Yoshitsuya, Yoshikata, Kunitsuna, with title page entitled Tokaido meisho fukei "Views of famous places along the Tokaido", listing the names of these artists, various publishers- very good impressions and color, margins wormed, some toward the beginning and end of the album seriously, otherwise good condition

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UTAGAWA SCHOOL: oban tate-e (34.9 x 25.5 ea. approx.); a collaborative album of sixty-four sheets entitled Tokaido or Tokaido no uchi with labelled place names, variously signed Hiroshige II, Kunisada, Kunisada II, Yoshimori, Yoshitoshi, Yoshimune, Chikamaro [Gyosai], Sadahide, Yoshitora, Yoshitsuya, Yoshikata, Kunitsuna, with title page entitled Tokaido meisho fukei "Views of famous places along the Tokaido", listing the names of these artists, various publishers- very good impressions and color, margins wormed, some toward the beginning and end of the album seriously, otherwise good condition

Lot Essay

This series was designed by the leading print designers of Edo of around 1863, as most of the prints are dated, and was published jointly by over twenty-one publishers. The designs illustrate the journey of the Tokugawa Shogun from Edo to the Emperor in Kyoto