Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) | Eleven woodblock prints from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei) | Edo period, 19th century

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)

Eleven woodblock prints from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)

Edo period, 19^th century

each a woodblock print, from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei), signed Hiroshige ga (Pictured by Hiroshige), published by Uoya Eikichi, and comprising:

-   Ueno Yamashita (Ueno Yamashita), 10^th month 1858

-   View to the North from Asuka Hill (Asukayama kita no chobo), censor’s seal aratame (certified), 5^th month 1856

-   Nihonbashi Bridge and Edobashi Bridge (Nihonbashi Edobashi), censor’s seal aratame, 12^th month 1857

-   Haneda Ferry and Benten Shrine (Haneda no watashi Benten no yashiro), 8^th month 1858

-   The City Flourishing, Tanabata Festival (Shichu han'ei Tanabata Matsuri), censor’s seal aratame, 7^th month 1857

-   Dyers' Quarter, Kanda (Kanda Kon’ya-cho), censor’s seal aratame, 11^th month 1857 

-   Inari Bridge and Minato Shrine, Teppozu (Teppozu Inaribashi Minato jinja), censor’s seal aratame, 2^nd month 1857

-   Horie and Nekozane (Horie Nekozane), censor’s seal aratame, 2^nd month 1856 

-   Five Pines, Onagi Canal (Onagigawa Gohonmatsu), censor’s seal aratame, 7^th month 1856

-   Minami-Shinagawa and Samezu Coast (Minami-Shinagawa Samezu kaigan), censor’s seal aratame, 2^nd month 1857

-   Aoi Slope, Outside Toranomon Gate (Toranomon-soto Aoizaka), censor’s seal aratame, 11^th month 1857

Each a vertical oban:

35.5 x 23.7 cm., 14 x 9½ in. (the first)

35.1 x 23.4 cm., 13⅝ x 9½ in. (the second)

34.9 x 23 cm., 14¼ x 9¼ in. (the third)

35.4 x 23.6 cm., 14 x 9⅜ in. (the fourth)

35.3 x 23.7 cm., 14 x 9½ in. (the fifth)

35.1 x 23.6 cm., 14 x 9⅜ in. (the sixth)

35.3 x 23.6 cm., 14 x 9⅜ in. (the seventh)

35 x 23.5 cm., 13¾ x 9½ in. (the eight)

35.2 x 23.7 cm., 14 x 9½ in. (the ninth)

35.4 x 23.2 cm., 14 x 9⅛ in. (the tenth)

35.1 x 23.3 cm., 14 x 9⅛ in. (the eleventh)