Utagawa Hiroshige

1797-1858

Famous Places in the Sixty Odd Provinces: The Kannon Temple on Cape Abuto in Bingo Province
(Rokuju yoshu meisho zue: Bingo, Abuto Kannondo)

a moonlit view of the temple on a steep rock outcropping, an excellent impression with gofun used on the breaking waves at the foot of the cliffs; signed Hiroshige ga, with censor's seal Aratame followed by the date seal, usha juni ([year of the] ox [1853], 12th month), block carver's seal Yokogawa Takejiro, and oval publisher's seal of Koshimuraya Heisuke

oban tate-e 36.5 by 24.6 cm

(inv. no. 10-2459)

price: Sold