Masters of the Woodblock: Important Japanese Prints

Masters of the Woodblock: Important Japanese Prints

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Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) | Awa Province: Naruto Whirlpools (Awa, Naruto no fuha) | Edo period, 19th century

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Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)

Awa Province: Naruto Whirlpools (Awa, Naruto no fuha)

Edo period, 19th century


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 (examined), published by Koshimuraya Heisuke, 9th month 1855


Vertical oban: 36.2 x 25.4 cm., 14¼ x 10 in.