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Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (1786–1864)
Utagawa Hiroshige II (Shigenobu) (1826–1869)
Seventeen designs from the series Miracles of Kannon (Kannon reigenki)
Comprising the index page, followed by numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 from the series
Each design with an upper rectangular box containing a landscape, each variously signed Hiroshige or Hiroshige ga, above a figurative design on the lower portion of the print, each signed Toyokuni ga, published by Yamadaya Shojiro, 1859
Each vertical oban (approx. 36.2 x 24.5cm.)

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In 1858, shortly after Hiroshige's death, Hiroshige II collaborated with Kunisada on this series. The complete set comprises thirty-three prints and the table of contents.

For another impression of no. 10 in the Spencer Museum of Art, The University of Kansas, go to http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/exhibitions/sacred-space/fowler-kunisada.shtml