Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)
Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)

Sumidagawa hazakura no kei (Cherry trees in leaf on the Sumida River), from the series Toto meisho (Famous places of the eastern capital) Act II, Scene 4, The retreat, from Chushingura (Treasury of loyal retainers)

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Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)
Sumidagawa hazakura no kei (Cherry trees in leaf on the Sumida River), from the series Toto meisho (Famous places of the eastern capital)

Act II, Scene 4, The retreat, from Chushingura (Treasury of loyal retainers)
The first signed Ichiryusai Hiroshige ga and published by Kawaguchiya Shozo, the second signed Hiroshige ga and published by Izumiya Ichibei, together with a facsimile of Asukayama bosetsu (Evening snow on Asuka Hill), from the series Edo kinko hakkei (Eight views of the environs of Edo)--good impressions, centerfolds, soil, horizontal repair first, corner losses and centerfold ending in tear on second
oban yoko-e: 26 x 38cm., first; 24.5 x 36cm., second; 25.5 x 37.2cm., third (3)

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