1100   Utagawa Hiroshige "Rokujuyoshu meisho zue" (Pictures of famous places in the sixty-odd provinces).1853- 1856.

Utagawa Hiroshige 1797 Edo (Tokio) – 1858 ebenda

Wood cuts in colours on washi. The complete set comprising 69 prints and table of contents.
Each print top right ...
with the title of the series in a red cartouche next to the subtitle cartouche with the province and the depicted place. Below a red cartouche with the signature “Hiroshige ga” in many cases next to the smaller block-cutter’s seal. For the most part with two censors’ seals as well as the date and the publisher’s seals "Koshimuraya Heisuke". Contents page with the title cartouche.

Furthermore seven cartouches with different layout and calligraphy, including the classification of the provinces into routes: the Gokinai, the Tokaido, the Tosando, the Hokurikudo, the Sanindo and the San’yodo in one cartouche, the Nankaido and the Saikaido.
Mounted in an album in Japanese stab binding. Each print entirely mounted on front and back of a double-layer washi. Cover of the album printed in grey and in parts with gold-coloured metal leaf and stamped with silver-coloured leaf motifs. Front cover with the title in Japanese characters on a paper label.

After the great success of Hiroshige‘s set of the „Tokaido and Kisokaido
roads“ in the 1830s the publisher Koshimuraya Heisuke engaged
Hiroshige for the ambitious project of designing „Sixty-odd
Views of the Provinces“, showing pictures from the 68 Japanese
provinces and the capital Edo, released between 1853 and 1856. It
was the first of a number of series from the highly productive years
of his later life.

The details of printing conditions of the following lots refer to the publication "Hiroshige's journey in the 60 odd-provinces" (2004) by Marije Jansen where the “Pulverer set” which was named after his owner, is depicted in full - the majority of those prints are from the first edition and in best printing quality.

Provenance: Property from a Saxon private collection; formerly from the estate of the artist Curt Hasenohr-Hoelloff (1887 Leipzig-1987 Markkleeberg).

All 69 prints and the table of contents are catalogued as alias lots 1101-1170. Please refer to our online catalogue for high resolution images as well as detailed descriptions.

Lit.: Jansen, Marije: "Hiroshige's journey in the 60 odd-provinces". Leiden, 2004. > Read more

Album ca. 40,7 x 28 cm, Bl. ca. 35,5 x 23,5 cm, Stk. 34 x 22,7 cm.