Hiroshige: Mitsumata Wakarenofuchi (Sold)

Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige
Title: Mitsumata Wakarenofuchi
Series: One Hundred Famous Views of Edo: Meisho Edo Hyakkei
Date: 1857

Boats laden with Rice, sake and cotton glide past the ever-regal Mount Fuji rising in the distance. Commerce has replaced entertainment here, as this is the site of a former pleasure district, which was destroyed as part of the Kansei Reforms.

Condition: Excellent impression, color and condition.
Dimensions: ôban
Publisher: Uoya Eikichi
Literature: Henry Smith II: “Hiroshige’s One Hundred Famous Views of Edo”, plate 57.
Signature: Hiroshige ga

SKU: HIR391