Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)


Edo period (1615-1868), circa 1853Two oban tate-e prints from the series Rokujuyoshu meisho zue (Famous Places in the 60-odd Provinces): the first of Totomi Hamana no umi Horie Kanzanji Inasa no hosoe (Lake Hamana, Kanzanji Temple in Horie and the Inasa-Hosoe Inlet, Totomi Province), with two nanushi censor's seals Murata and Kinugasa and date seal ox 8 (1853), 35.8cm x 24.5cm (14 1/8in x 9 5/8in); the second of Owari tsushima tenno matsuri (The Tenno Festival at Tsushima in Owari Province), with two nanushi censor's seals Mera and Kinugasa, with date seal ox 7 (1853), 36.2cm x 24.5cm (14¼in x 9 5/8in); both published by Koshimuraya Heisuke, signed Hiroshige hitsu, framed and glazed. (2).