Color woodcut (nishiki-e), paper; dimensions: 335 x 220 mm; oval aratame stamp, 5th month of the year Koz a (1859). Framed work. An analogous print is in the collections of the British Museum and the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, among others.
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.
