FICHE 17337
(1797 - 1858)
Kanaya: The Far Bank of the Ôi River (Kanaya, Ôigawa engan)
Woodblock print
circa 1833 -1834
Impression on Japan paper, signed Hiroshige ga, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsugi no uchi), also known as the First Tôkaidô or Great Tôkaidô, published by Takenouchi Magohachi.
Sheet: ôban (237 x 361 mm)
Reference: a proof is preserved in the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.
Condition: laid on thick Japan paper, scratches in the image.