FICHE 19013
(1797 - 1858)
Sakanoshita: The Mountain Where the Old Master Threw Away His Brush (Kohôgen Fudesuteyama)
Woodblock print
circa 1850 - 1851
Fine impression on Japan paper, signed Hiroshige ga, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road (Gojûsan tsugi), published by Tsutaya Kichizô. Censors' seals Mera, Murata.
Sheet: chûban (170 x 230 mm)
Reference: a proof is preserved in the MFA in Boston.
Condition: stuck by the upper corners on a thick brown paper, otherwise in good condition.