HIROSHIGE UTAGAWA I, Vedute della Tōkaidō n. 65, 1851 sculture The two plates were inked

The two plates were inked separately and printed with a double pass of the star press

of new life

text on the back (like all the lithographs in this edition) and untrimmed margins

Posthumous edition

Bellissima prova con ottimi colori in un’edizione databile intorno al 1850

HIROSHIGE UTAGAWA I, Vedute della Tōkaidō n. 65, 1851 sculture The two plates were inkedDelicate proof in contemporary edition, printed on Japanese paper, in good condition, with a small margin all around. Volumes Zen Pen (Vol. I) and Go Hen (Vol. II), dating to the fourth year of the Kaei era (1851), with preface and texts by Rykatei Tanekazu. The series Tkaid fukei zue collects narrative and landscape illustrations that retrace the stations of the Tkaid, the ancient road that connected Kyoto with the capital Edo. Bibliography https: