HIROSHIGE UTAGAWA I, Vedute della Tōkaidō n. 55, 1851 sculture which rises in the background

which rises in the background behind the spray of a small waterfall

” which has become synonymous with comic

with wide margins all around

as if the mountain were captured or impressed in the very fabric

HIROSHIGE UTAGAWA I, Vedute della Tōkaidō n. 55, 1851 sculture which rises in the backgroundDelicate proof in contemporary edition, printed on Japanese paper, in good condition, with a small margin all around. Volumes Zen Pen (Vol. I) and Go Hen (Vol. II), dating to the fourth year of the Kaei era (1851), with preface and texts by Rykatei Tanekazu. The series Tkaid fukei zue collects narrative and landscape illustrations that retrace the stations of the Tkaid, the ancient road that connected Kyoto with the capital Edo. Bibliography https: