Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861)
Four Stations: Nihonbashi, Shinagawa, Kawasaki, and Kanagawa, from the series Famous Views of the Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido gojusan eki yonshuku meisho), circa 1830-35
Woodblock print
Horizontal oban:
24.6 x 36.5 cm. (9 ¾ x 14 ⅜ in.)
24.6 x 36.5 cm. (9 ¾ x 14 ⅜ in.)
Signed: 'Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi shukuzu' (sketched by Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi)
Publishers: Tsuruya Kiemon (Senkakudo) and Tsutaya Kichizo (Koeido)
Date: circa 1830-35
Publishers: Tsuruya Kiemon (Senkakudo) and Tsutaya Kichizo (Koeido)
Date: circa 1830-35
£ 3,900.00
From a twelve-print set with each design featuring three to six post-stations along the Tokaido Road. This is the first in the series with a glimpse of Nihonbashi bustling with...
From a twelve-print set with each design featuring three to six post-stations along the Tokaido Road. This is the first in the series with a glimpse of Nihonbashi bustling with porters and travellers crossing the bridge at the lower left.
Another impression of the same print is in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago, reference no. 1959.123, go to: https://www.artic.edu/artworks/9872/nihonbashi-shinagawa-kawasaki-and-kanagawa-from-the-series-famous-places-on-the-fifty-three-stations-of-the-tokaido-four-stations-tokaido-gojusan-eki-yonshuku-meisho
Another impression of the same print is in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago, reference no. 1959.123, go to: https://www.artic.edu/artworks/9872/nihonbashi-shinagawa-kawasaki-and-kanagawa-from-the-series-famous-places-on-the-fifty-three-stations-of-the-tokaido-four-stations-tokaido-gojusan-eki-yonshuku-meisho