Hiroshige: Hatsune Riding Grounds

Ando Hiroshige

Series: One Hundred Famous Views of Edo. 6 Hatsune Riding Grounds, Bakuro-chō (Bakuro-chō Hatsune no Baba) The First Race Course, Horse-Dealer's Street and district's fire watch tower. Dyers of Konya-chō district using riding grounds to dry their cloths

馬喰町初音の馬場

The vertical rectangular cartouche upper right contains the series title on a red ground, the square cartouche upper right contains the title of the individual print. The seal of the publisher appears outside the lower left margin of each print.

Date: 1857

Image Size: 13 1/2 x 9 inches

Condition: Not backed, bottom border has some holes and small tear. Green ink has a blue hue due to the photochemical fading of the yellow colorant (orpiment) common in Hiroshige prints. Cropped as shown.

Publisher: Uoya Eikichi

Format: Vertical ōban