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

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) 

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

Edo period, 19th 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:

- Osumi Province: Cherry Blossom Isle (Osumi, Sakurajima), 3^rd month 1856 

- Bungo Province: Minosaki (Bungo, Minosaki), 4^th month 1856 

Each vertical oban: 36.2 x 24.8 cm., 14¼ x 9¾ in.