Edo period. Ukiyo-e: Otafuku (Goddess of Good Fortune), by Utagawa Hiroshige.

Sohitsu Gafu (Album of Sketches in Cursive Brushwork), a single leaf.

Printed in Kaei 1 (1848).

Designed by Utagawa Hiroshige. An authentic impression, not a reproduction.

Minor traces of worm damage; otherwise in good overall condition.

Presented in a wooden frame with acrylic glazing, in A5 format, slightly larger than a postcard. The simple framing allows for immediate display. The printing blocks show no obvious signs of wear, suggesting an impression close to the first printing. Suitable for collectors of Edo-period antiques, works of art and miscellaneous antiquities, as well as those with an interest in hanging scrolls and related artworks.

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797, Kansei 9 - October 12,1858, the sixth day of the ninth month of Ansei 5) was an ukiyo-e artist of the Edo period.

His original name was Ando Juemon, and his childhood name was Tokutaro. He was also known as Juemon, Tetsuzo and Tokubei.

Born into the Ando family, which held hereditary responsibility for firefighting duties in Edo, he inherited the family position before becoming an ukiyo-e artist.

His landscape woodblock prints enjoyed widespread popularity and influenced Western painters including Vincent van Gogh and Claude Monet.