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Koiso and the beach of Koyurugi, 1850-51 ?

inches 7 x 9,4 (mm 168 x 230) Original color woodcut

Bibliography: Strange E.F., The colour prints of Hiroshige, London and New York 1925, reprints Geneva 1973, New York 1983, p. 46; Lane R., Images from the floating world, The japanese prints, Freiburg 1978, French edition Freiburg 1979; Stewart B., Subject portrayed in japanese colour-prints, London 1925, reprints Geneva 1973 New York 1979.

Plate from the series Tôkaidô gojûsan tsugi no uchi (Fifty-three Stations of Tôkaidô Road, also known as the first Tôkaidô or the great Tôkaidô). Good proof published by  Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidôwith fresh and brilliant colours. Very well-preserved.

 

Rif. 7344