Utagawa Ando HIROSHIGE HIROSHIGE. Odawara: Fishermen's Huts Along the Coast.
Utagawa HIROSHIGE (Ando).1797–1858
Odawara: Fishermen's Huts Along the Coast.1855
Polychrome woodcut. Vertical ?ban, image of 357x230 mm. Margins. Signed: Hiroshige hitsu 広重筆. Sign in red rectangle on the left in the center. Above the round seal of the censor. Slight signs of wear, good condition.
Beautiful view with a picturesque foreshortening of Odawara, ink and color on paper, no. 10 from the series Collection of Illustrations of Famous Places near the Fifty-Three Stations [Along the Tokaido]. Date: seventh month 1855. A fine Hiroshige reprint with excellent detail.Utagawa Hiroshige, also Andō Hiroshige, was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist, considered the last great master of that tradition. Hiroshige is best known for his landscapes, such as the series The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō and The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kiso Kaidō; and for his depictions of birds and flowers.