Color woodcut on Japanese paper
Japan, 1856
Utagawa ‘Ando’ Hiroshige (1797-1858) – Japanese woodcut artist
With artist's signature and seal
Signature: Hiroshige hitsu
Publisher: Uoya Eikichi
Censor: aratame
Date: tatsu (1856), 7th month
Format: oban
Dimensions: 36.5 x 24.7 cm
Good condition
Provenance: Private collection, Cologne
Fine collection of works by a master of Japanese woodcut

The present color woodblock print by Utagawa Hiroshige is from the series ‘Meisho Edo hyakkei’ (100 Famous Views of Edo’), a series of 119 woodblock prints published between 1856 and 1858. The sheet shows Kumano J?nisha Shrine at Tsunohazu, known as ‘J?nis?’ (??????? ?????? Tsunohazu Kumano J?nisha zokush? J?nis?). It bears the signature ‘Hiroshige hitsu’ and was published by Uoya Eikichi.



The sheet is in good condition with signs of age. The colors are fresh. The paper is slightly toned with minor marginal blemishes and some stains. A thinned area on the upper margin is backed. The dimensions are 36.5 x 24.7 cm.



Utawaga ‘And?’ Hiroshige (1797-1858)

In western countries Utagawa Hiroshige is also known as And? Hiroshige. And? was his real surname, but usually artists gave up their birth name and replaced it by a combination of the name of the school (in this case ‘Utagawa’) and the master’s name (in this case ‘Hiroshige‘). Utagawa Hiroshige is considered one of the three style-icons of Japanese woodcut art of his time. He created an entirely new composition of landscape view, which creates a harmonious symbiosis between man and nature.

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