Edo period ukiyo-e print,

A single loose leaf from Sohitsu Gafu (Album of Sketches).

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

By Utagawa Hiroshige.

Minor traces of worm damage.

Presented in a B5-size wooden frame with an acrylic cover. Simply framed and ready for display. The absence of conspicuous wear to the woodblocks suggests an impression close to the first printing. Suitable for collectors of Edo-period antiques, works of art and curios, 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 birth name was Ando Juemon, and his childhood name was Tokutaro. He was subsequently also known as Juemon, Tetsuzo and Tokubei. Although sometimes referred to as Ando Hiroshige, Ando was his family name and Hiroshige his artist name. Combining the two is inappropriate, and Hiroshige himself never used this form. Born in Edo into the Ando family, whose members had served for generations in the city's permanent firefighting service, 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.