UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE

Description:

Japan (1797-1858)
35,5 x 23,5 cm
Oban tate-e. Coloured woodblockprint from the series: 'Meisho Edo hyakkei ' (One Hundred Famous Views of Edo). No. 56, 'Horikiri no hanashobu'(Irises at Horikiri). Signature: Hiroshige ga. Publisher: Uoya Eikichi. Censor seal: Aratame. Date: 1857
From an old German private collection, assembled prior to 2007 - Minor wear, trimmed, slightly yellowed, the upper margin backed with tape, unframed