Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858), a complete set of Series of t...

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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