Nishiki-e . Color woodcut, signed in plate: Hiroshige ga
Series: 100 Famous Views of the Various Provinces Shokoku meisho hyakkei, no 56
Date: 1859, 10th month.
Format: oban tate-e (mm.342x220)
Publisher: Uoya Eikichi
Censor's seal: Goat 10 aratame
Splendid proof with excellent colors, and with at times visible the effect of mokumezuri base wood grain characteristic of the most ancient proofs. Imprinted on paper from Japan dating back to the mid 19th century. In perfect condition. With discrete margins all around beyond the marginal line.
Bibliography: Edward F. Strange, The color-prints of Hiroshige , p. 193 n. 56.
Museum of Fine Art Boston: https://collections.mfa.org/objects/206725