Beschreibung:

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858), a complete set of Series of the Pictures of Famous Places from the series The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Sōhitsu gojūsan tsugi) woodblock colour prints, each signed Hiroshige hitsu, published by Tsutaya Kichizo, 1855, comprising: No. 1 Nihonbashi:Fish Market (Uo), Toy Footman (Temochi yakko) No. 2 Shinagawa: Dressing Room (Mishimai heya) No. 3 Kawasaki: Ferry on the Rokugō River No.4 Kanagawa: Panoramic View from Kanagawadai toward Yokohama Honmaku No. 5 Hodogaya: Scenery of Moor and Mountain on the Kanazawa Road No. 6 Totsuka: Traveller and Waitress at an Inn No. 7 Fujisawa: Terute-hime and the Gateway to Yūgyō-ji Temple No. 8 Hiratsuka: Ferry at the Banyū River No. 9 Ōiso: The Marsh Where Snipe Rise Up and the Hermitage of Saigyō No. 10 Odawara: Fording the Sakawa River, Distant View of the Hakone Mountains No. 11 Hakone: Nijiyama, Yumotoya, Sanmaibashi, Tōkaiya; Hatsuhana and Katsugoro from Revenge of the Cripple No. 12 Mishima: Entrance to Mishima Station No. 13 Numazu: The Ashitaka Mountains and Numazu Station No. 14 Hara: Station at Kashiwabara No. 15 Yoshiwara: Fuji on the Left at Nawate No. 16 Kanbara: Ferry at the Fuji River No. 17 Yui: The Sisters (Shimei) Miyagino and Shinobu No. 18 Okitsu: Kiyomigaseki, Kiyomi-dera Temple, and Tago Bay No. 19 Ejiri: The Pine Tree of the Feather Robe at Miho no Matsu No. 20 Fuchū: Fording the Abe River No. 21 Mariko: Local Specialty Dumplings No. 22 Okabe: The Narrow Ivy-covered Road at Mount Utsu No. 23 Fujieda: Fording the Seto River No. 24 Shimada: Woman Traveller at the Ōi River No. 25 Kanaya: Panoramic View of the Ōi River and Mount Fuji from the Kanaya Slope Road No. 26 Nissaka: Sayo no Nakayama and a Distant View of Mount Muken No. 27 Kakegawa: A Country Girl No. 28 Fukuroi: A Female Pilgrim No. 29 Mitsuke: Ferryboat on the Tenryū River No. 30 Hamamatsu: Passenger and Baggage on a Horse No.31 Maisaka: View of the Sea at Imagiri No. 32 Arai: View of the Distant Lake and the Horie Area No. 33 Shirasuka: Panoramic View of Shiomizaka No. 34 Futakawa: On Top of the Mountain of the Iwaya Kannon Temple No. 35 Yoshida: Great Bridge on the Toyokawa River No. 36 Goyu: The Honno Plain with a Panoramic View of Mount Fuji No. 37 Akasaka: Manzai Dancers by Hanabusa No. 38 Fujikawa: Women Travellers No. 39 39 Okazaki: Yahagi River and Yahagi Bridge No. 40 40 Chiryū: Historical Site of the Iris at Yatsuhashi Village No. 41 Narumi: Narumi Inlet and Hoshizaki No. 42 Miya: Distant View of Atsuta Station and Nezame Village No. 43 Kuwana: Catching Whitebait with a Net in Winter Twilight, in the Sea at Kuwana No. 44 Yokkaichi: Mirage at Nako Bay No. 45 Ishiyakushi: Distant View of Takatomizan No. 46 Shōno: The Kumano Shrine and the Shiratori No. 47 Kameyama: Actor Matsumoto Kōshirō V as Akabori Mizuemon No. 48 Seki: The Ancient Barrier Gate at Suzuka No. 49 Sakanoshita: The Brush-discarding Mountain and the Eighty Rapids No. 50 Tsuchiyama: Actor Onoe Kikugorō III (?) as Shirai Gonpachi No. 51 Minakuchi: Panoramic View of Mount Iwafuri No. 52 Ishibe: Megawa Village (Megawa no sato); Actors Bandō Mitsugorō III as Chōemon and an unidentified actor as Ohan No. 53 Kusatsu: Seta Bridge on Lake Biwa No. 54 Ōtsu: Mount Ōsaka and the Spring at the Barrier Gate No. 55 Kyōto, The End: The Great Bridge at Sanjō, each 57cm x 23.75cm, Edo period, 1854-57