Hiroshige II - View of Hirose - Unshu Province

Hiroshige II

Actual View of Hirose, Unshu Province (Unshu hirose shinkei) from the series “One Hundred Famous Views in the Various Provinces (Shokoku meisho hyakkei)” #59

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.

貴重 諸国名所百景 雲州広瀬真景 広重二代 

Date: 1859

Publisher: Uoya Eikichi 

Condition: Print color saturation and overall condition is very good. Margins as shown. Print is not backed.

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