Details
Woodblock printed book, one volume complete
Comprising two prefaces on four pages signed Ryuryusenka and Ryusai (Hiroshige), dated Ansei 6 (1859), followed by 20 double-page colour illustrations and one single-page illustration of landscapes featuring Mount Fuji, signed on last sheet Hiroshige hitsu, published by Eirakuya Toshiro, pale yellow covers with hand-written title slip
22.4 x 15.5 cm.


Provenance
Drouot, Paris, 3rd April 1957
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