Hiroshige Utagawa, Japanese print : The sixty-nine views of the Kiso Kaidō, n°32 "Seba-juku", 洗馬宿

Lovely Japanese landscape print by Utagawa Hiroshige entitled "Seba-juku", no. 32 in the series of sixty-nine views of the Kiso Kaidō (Kiso Kaidō Rokujūkyū-tsugi). The colors are bright and fresh, the gradations of quality. This is a beautiful reissue from the Shōwa era, produced using traditional Japanese printmaking methods, in accordance with the art of ukiyo-e. It's always very pleasant to feel the relief of the wooden ink pads as you pass your hand over this print, and photo 5 aims to show this relief and the quality of the washi paper used.
Very good condition, Shōwa Era, Japan.

Dimensions, ōban format, yuko-e orientation:
Height: 26.5 cm
Width: 37.5 cm

From the series of sixty-nine views of the Kiso Kaidō:
The 69 Stages of the Kiso Kaidō are a collection of ukiyo-e prints designed by Utagawa Hiroshige and Keisai Eisen between 1834 and 1842. These prints illustrate the complete course of the major Kiso Kaidō route, stretching from Edo (now Tōkyō), where the shogun lived, to Kyōto, the emperor's residence.
This collection comprises a total of 71 horizontal ōban prints. There are 69 main stations, with the starting point at Nihonbashi in Edo and another print dedicated to Nakatsugawa-juku, plus a title page.
Generally, the route is often called "Nakasendō", hence the occasional mention of the 69 Nakasendō stations. These prints are a continuation of Hiroshige's series, which depicted the 53 stages of the Tōkaidō, Japan's most famous road.
In this production, Eisen contributed 23 stations, including Nihonbashi, while Hiroshige created the other 47 prints in the Kiso Kaidō series.

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