Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)
Wayfarers fleeing from a violent rain storm in the deep valley of the river Tsuyama (aka Yoshii).
Title: Mimasaka – Yamabushidani (Yamabushi Valley in Mimasaka Province)
Series: Rokujû-yoshû meisho-zue (Famous Views of the Sixty-odd Provinces)
Signature: Hiroshige hitsu
Publisher: Koshimura-ya Heisuke (Koshi-hei)
Censor: Aratame
Date: 12/1853
Size: Vertical Oban, 34,2 x 22,9 cm (image size)
Very good impression and excellent colours. Bottom margin expertly remargined. Very nice condition of this wonderful rain image.
Ill. in Suzuki/Ôkubo, No. 46; Jansen, No. 46. Also compare MFA Boston, Bigelow Coll., No. 11.17128 a.o.
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