Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) | Five woodblock prints from the series Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces (Rokujuyoshu meisho zue) | Edo period, 19th century

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)

Five woodblock prints from the series Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces (Rokujuyoshu meisho zue) 

Edo period, 19^th century 

each a woodblock print, from the series Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces (Rokujuyoshu meisho zue), signed Hiroshige hitsu (Brush of Hiroshige), censor’s seal aratame (certified), published by Koshimuraya Heisuke, and comprising: 

- Bitchu Province: Gokei (Bitchu, Gokei), 12^th month 1853 

- Chikugo Province: The Currents Around the Weir (Chikugo, Yanase), 9^th month 1855 

- Settsu Province: Sumiyoshi, Idemi Beach (Settsu, Sumiyoshi, Idemi no hama), 7^th month 1853

- Awaji Province: Goshiki Beach (Awaji, Goshiki hama), 9^th month 1855 

- Nagato Province: Shimonoseki (Nagato, Shimonoseki), 3^rd month 1856  

Each vertical oban:  

35.2 x 24.3 cm., 13⅞ x 9½ in. (the first) 

35 x 24.1 cm., 13¾ x 9¼ in. (the second) 

35.3 x 24.2 cm., 14⅜ x 9½ in.(the third) 

35.2 x 24.1 cm., 13⅞ x 9¼ in.(the fourth) 

35.1 x 24.3 cm., 13¾ x 9½ in.(the fifth)