Utagawa Hiroshige II (1826-1869)
On the roof terrace of an inn in Maruyama, Nagasaki. A richly dressed courtesan with a long telescope and her companion enjoying the view over Nagasaki bay
Architectural and interieur details of the house display the local taste for Chinese culture. Nagasaki was the only permitted Chinese trading post during the Edo period.
Title: Nagasaki Maruyama no kei (A view of Maruyama in Nagasaki)
Series: Shokoku meisho hyakkei (One Hundred Views of Famous Places in the Provinces)
Signature: Hiroshige ga
Publisher: Sakanaya Eikichi (Uoei), Edo
Date: 1859, 10th month
Size: Vertical Ôban, 33,2 x 22 cm (image)
Excellent impression and colours. Margins partly trimmed and with a few small paper losses on the edges. Some slight soiling and small stains. Very good overall condition. Here the variant with the blue and rose-coloured title cartouche.
Strange No. 72. See also British Museum, 1915,0823,0.329.21; MFA Boston, Bigelow Coll., 11.16906;
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