Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) | Three woodblock prints from the series Famous Sights of the Fifty-three Stations (Gojusan tsugi meisho zue), also known as the Vertical Tokaido | Edo period, 19th century

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)

Three woodblock prints from the series Famous Sights of the Fifty-three Stations (Gojusan tsugi meisho zue), also known as the Vertical Tokaido

Edo period, 19^th century

each a woodblock print, from the series Famous Sights of the Fifty-three Stations (Gojusan tsugi meisho zue), also known as the Vertical Tokaido, signed Hiroshige hitsu (Brush of Hiroshige), censor’s seal aratame (certified), published by Tsutaya Kichizo (Koedio), 7^th month 1855, and comprising:

-   No. 3, Kawasaki: Tsurumi River and Namamugi Village (Kawasaki, Tsurumigawa Namamugi no sato)

-   No. 22, Okabe: The Narrow Ivy-Covered Road at Mt. Utsu (Okabe, Utsu no yama tsuta no hosomichi)

-   No. 23, Fujieda: Fording the Seto River (Fujieda, Setogawa kachiwatari)

Each vertical oban:

36.9 x 24.2 cm., 14½ x 9½ in. (the first)

37 x 24.3 cm., 14¼ x 9¼ in. (the second)

36.7 x 24 cm., 14⅝ x 9⅝ in. (the third)