Hiroshige II Utagawa
View of the coast, Kokura District, Buzen (Hoshū) Province, with memorial stone for the family of Miyamoto Musashi in the foreground. Buzen Ogura-ryo kaigan no kei 豊前小倉領海岸の景.
From the series One Hundred Famous Views in the Various Provinces (Shokoku meisho hyakkei) The series dates from the middle of Hiroshige II's career, when he was in his mid-thirties. At this point, he had just started using the name 'Hiroshige', since his master Hiroshige I had just died (in 1858), and Hiroshige II had taken over the gō 'Hiroshige'; the prints in this series are signed 'Hiroshige'.
The series title is in the tall rectangular cartouche in the top right corner; the title of each individual print is in the square cartouche to its left.
Condition: Margins as shown, great color and impression, some foxing, not backed.
Date: 1859
Publisher: Uoya Eikichi