HIROSHIGE #58 Fujikawa from 53 Stations Original Woodblock 1855

38 Fujikawa: Mountain Village formerly called Mount Miyaji. Sanjuhachi Fujikawa Sanshu no sato kyumei Miyaiyama. From the series Famous Sights of the Fifty-Three Stations (Gojusan tsugi meisho zue). DATE: 1855 (Ansei 2), 7th month. In the dark sky version. There is also a variant with a light sky. Toning, but colors still showing very nicely, […]

Japanese Woodblock Print, Hiroshige, Water Scene

This is a Japanese Woodblock Print. The image is 13 inches by 8.5 inches. The frame is 19.5 inches by 14.5 inches. The artist is Hiroshige. I don’t know which one, but my source thought in was Ando Hiroshige. The print shows a boatman’poling’ a raft across a wide shallow waterway. I separated the pair […]