Utagawa Hiroshige Kisogawa, Sugita (The Kiso River at Sugita) An authentic ukiyo-e print, Edo peri

A single sheet from Sohitsu Gafu (Album of Sketches in Cursive Brushwork).

Printed in 1848, the first year of the Kaei era.

By Utagawa Hiroshige. An original print, not a reproduction.

Some worm damage; otherwise in good overall condition.

Presented in a wooden frame with an acrylic cover, slightly larger than a postcard. Although simply framed, the work is ready for display. The apparent absence of wear to the woodblocks suggests an early impression.

An appealing example for collectors of Edo-period antiques, works of art and antique curiosities, as well as enthusiasts of hanging scrolls and related art.

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 birth name was Ando Juemon, and his childhood name was Tokutaro. He was subsequently also known as Juemon, Tetsuzo or Tokubei. Although sometimes called Ando Hiroshige, Ando was his family name and Hiroshige his art name; combining the two is inappropriate, and Hiroshige himself never used this form. Born into the Ando family, whose members served for generations in Edo's permanent firefighting brigade, he inherited the family position before becoming an ukiyo-e artist. His landscape woodblock prints achieved widespread popularity and influenced Western painters, including Van Gogh and Monet.