Nishiki-e . Color woodblock print, signed on the plate: Hiroshige ga
Date: 1858 Year of the Horse uma, Ansei period, fifth month
Format: oban tate-e diptych or kakemono-e (723x248 mm)
Censor: Zodiac seal with date
Seal: Ichiryusai (Hiroshige)
Bibliography: EF Strange, The color prints of Hiroshige, New York 1983; R. Lane, Images from the floating world, The japanese prints F riburg 1978.
RISD, Yomigaeru bi (1990), #143 (complete diptych); Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 242, ôhaba #10
Museum of Fine Art Boston: https://collections.mfa.org/objects/642930
Superb and extremely rare specimen (only one other example has appeared on the market in the last thirty years), with excellent colours.
Printed on Japanese paper, dating back to the mid-19th century. In exceptional condition, complete with all the engraved parts. The use of register on the sides and not on the
corners, did not allow for margins.