HIROSHIGE Ando
FICHE 11428
(1797 - 1858)
Kinokuni Hill and Distant View of Akasaka Tameike (Kinokunizaka Akasaka Tameike enkei)
from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)
woodcut in colours (nishiki-e)
1857
A Hiroshige ga signed impression, published by Uoya Eikichi, censor's seals aratame, snake 9 (half cut off of this impression). On the right, a samurai procession runs along the outer moat surrounding the shogun's residence.
Sheet: ôban (about 355 x 245 mm.)
References : M. Ouspenski n° 85, several impressions are preserved in the MFA of Boston.
Condition: impression laid on strong Japan paper.
750 €
