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

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)

Six 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), each signed Hiroshige hitsu (Brush of Hiroshige), published by Koshimuraya Heisuke, and comprising:

- Awa Province: Kominato, Uchiura (Awa, Kominato, Uchiura), censors' seals Kinugasa (Kinugasa Fusajiro) and Murata (Murata Sahei), 8^th month 1853

- Echigo Province: Oyashirazu (Echigo, Oyashirazu), censors' seals Hama (Hama Yahei) and Magome (Magome Kangeyu), 9^th month 1853

- Sado Province: The Goldmines (Sado, Kanayama), censors' seals Hama (Hama Yahei) and Magome (Magome Kangeyu), 9^th month 1853

- Tanba Province: Kanegasaka (Tanba, Kanegasaka), censor's seal aratame (certified), 12^th month 1853

- Sanuki Province: Distant View of Mount Zozu (Sanuki, Zozusan enbo), censor's seal aratame, 9^th month 1855

- Awaji Province: Goshiki Beach (Awaji, Goshiki hama), censor's seal aratame, 9^th month 1855

Each vertical oban:

36.2 x 24.8 cm., 14¼ x 9¾ in. (the first)

36.1 x 24.7 cm., 14¼ x 9¾ in. (the second)

36.2 x 24.8 cm., 14¼ x 9¾ in. (the third)

36.3 x 24.6 cm., 14¼ x 9¾ in. (the fourth)

36.2 x 24.7 cm., 14¼ x 9¾ in. (the fifth)

36.2 x 24.8 cm., 14¼ x 9¾ in. (the sixth)