Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) Katsukawa Shuntei (Shokosai) (1770-1824) | Ten woodblock prints from the series Twelve Views of the Eastern Capital (Toto juni kei) | Edo period, late 18th - early 19th century

Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849)

Ten woodblock prints from the series Twelve Views of the Eastern Capital (Toto juni kei)

Edo period, late 18^th - early 19^th century

each a woodblock print, from the series Twelve Views of the Eastern Capital (Toto juni kei), published by Iseya Rihei (Kinjudo), circa 1799-1800, and comprising:

- The Sumida River (Sumidagawa), unsigned

- Ochanomizu, signed Hokusai ga

- Asakusa, unsigned

- Ryogoku, signed Hokusai ga

- Takanawa, signed Hokusai ga

- Mimeguri, unsigned

- Sakai-cho, signed Hokusai ga

- The Kanda Shrine (Kanda myojin), signed Hokusai

- Yoshiwara, signed Hokusai ga

- The Temple of the Five Hundred Arhats (Gohyaku Rakan), signed Hokusai ga

Each horizontal yotsugiri: each approx. 11.5 x 17.5 cm., 4½ x 6⅞ in.