Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)
Three women on the bank of the Kitajukken River, coming probably from a New Year's visit of the Kameidô shrine, as one of them carries a mayudama branch with sweets over her shoulder. To the right the well-known kaiseki restaurant Hashimoto with some blooming plum trees. In the background numerous visitors on the bridge to the entrance of the adjacent Myôken-dô temple in Yanagishima. In the fan-shaped cartouche a humorous haiku poem (kyôku) praising the restaurant.
Title: Yanagishima no zu - Hashimoto (A View of Yanagishima - the Hashimoto)
Series: Edo kômei kaitei zukushi (Famous Restaurants of Edo)
Signature: Hiroshige ga
Publisher: Fujiokaya Hikotarô (Fujihiko, Shôgendô), Edo
Censorship: Kiwame
Date: c. 1835-40
Size: Horizontal Ôban, 22 x 34,8 cm (image)
Very good impression, colours somewhat faded, but overall still good. Unbacked, margins trimmed a little, a few small thin spots and tiny holes, small paper remnants from previous hinging in top verso corners. Overall nice and clean condition.
From a rarely seen series by Hiroshige with views of famous restaurants and teahouses in their surrounding landscapes, with nice depictions of people, in slightly different colour variations.
Cf. Honolulu, Michener Coll., 23384; Chazen, Van Vleck Coll. 1980.1469; Edo-Tokyo Museum 1980.1469; MET JP1159; National Diet Library DOI 10.11501/1308401; MAK Vienna KI 10954-20.
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