Utagawa Hiroshige II (1826–1869)
'Kokebuchi at Hida in Bungo Province' (Bungo Hida Kokebuchi), from the series 'Shokoku meisho hyakkei' (One Hundred Famous Views of the Provinces), 1861
Woodblock print, first edition
Signed: 'Hiroshige ga'
Publisher: Uoya Eikichi
Censor's seal including date: 'aratame, cockerel' (certified, 1861)
Date: 1861
Signed: 'Hiroshige ga'
Publisher: Uoya Eikichi
Censor's seal including date: 'aratame, cockerel' (certified, 1861)
Date: 1861
Vertical oban:
36.8 x 25.2 cm. (14 ½ x 9 ⅞ in.)
36.8 x 25.2 cm. (14 ½ x 9 ⅞ in.)
Fine impression of the first edition, very good colour and overall condition, top corners with minute repairs, tiny binding holes have been filled, very minor marks to margins.
For a later impression with blue-only title cartouche, less-careful printing, bokashi details lacking, and signs of block wear, in the collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, accession no....
For a later impression with blue-only title cartouche, less-careful printing, bokashi details lacking, and signs of block wear, in the collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, accession no. E.3280-1886, go to:
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O421031/hida-kamabuchi-in-bungo-province-woodblock-print-utagawa-hiroshige-ii/
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O421031/hida-kamabuchi-in-bungo-province-woodblock-print-utagawa-hiroshige-ii/