Color woodcut (nishiki-e), paper; dimensions: 335 x 220 mm; signature in lower left corner of composition. Condition: unevenness of the edges of the left and lower margins, Slight soiling of the paper surface.
Utagawa Hirokage also known as Ichiyūsai Hirokage, Japanese painter active from about 1855 to 1865. He was a disciple of Utagawa Hiroshige I. From 1860 to 1861, Hirokage painted a series of views entitled Edo meisho dōke zukushi(Joyful events at famous places in Edo), for which he is mainly known.
