Utagawa Hiroshige I (1797-1858)


Edo period (1615-1868), circa 1833-1844Comprising five oban yoko-e prints; Totsuka, Motomachi betsudo (Totsuka: Motomachi Fork), first version, circa 1833-1834, publisher Tsuruya Kiemon (Senkakudo), censor's seal Kiwame; Hara, Asa no Fuji (Hara: Mount Fuji in the Morning), circa 1833-1834; Odawara, Sakawagawa kachiwatashi (Odawara: Fording the Sakawa River), circa 1841-1844; Kuwana, Kaijo Shichiri no watashiguchi (Kuwana: Sea Ferry Terminal at Shichiri), circa 1841-1844; and Narumi, meibutsu Arimatsu shibori (Narumi: Famous Arimatsu Tie-Dyed Fabric), circa 1833-1834, publisher Takenouchi Magohachi (Hoeido); all from the series Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi (53 Stations of the Tokaido Road), each signed Hiroshige ga(5) 10 x 15 1/4in (25.6 x 38.8cm)9 1/8 x 13 7/8in (23.2 x 35.2cm)9 x 13 5/8in (22.7 x 34.7cm)8 3/4 x 13in (22 x 33.2cm)9 x 14in (22.8 x 35.5cm)