Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858), No. 41, Narumi: Shop with Famous Arimatsu Tie-dyed Cloth (Narumi, meisan Arimatsu shibori mise), from the series Famous Sights of the Fifty-three Stations (Gojusan tsugi meisho zue), also known as the Vertical Tokaido, 1855

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)

No. 41, Narumi: Shop with Famous Arimatsu Tie-dyed Cloth (Narumi, meisan Arimatsu shibori mise), from the series Famous Sights of the Fifty-three Stations (Gojusan tsugi meisho zue), also known as the Vertical Tokaido, 1855

Woodblock print
Signed: 'Hiroshige hitsu'
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizo (Koeido)
Censor seal: 'aratame' (certified)
Date seal: Hare 7 (1855, 7th month)

Vertical oban:
36.5 x 25.1 cm. (14 ⅜ x 9 ⅞ in.)

Good impression and colour. Light soiling, rubbing and creasing to margins. Horizontal centrefold. A few light marks within the design. Slight wear to paper edges with a few small losses.

Reserved

A similar impression is in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, go to:
https://collections.mfa.org/objects/190611

Provenance

From a Los Angeles Collection

Woodblock Prints

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