Nishiki-e. Color woodcut, signed on the plate: Hiroshige hitsu
Series: Gojusan tsugi meisho zue, no.19 - The Fifty-three Stations of the Vertical Tokaido
Date: 1855, 7th month, Ansei 2
Format: oban tate-e (mm. 343x224)
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizō (Kōeidō)
Censor: aratame, Hare 7
Bibliography: Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 252, ôban #24.19. Strange 153.19. Van Gogh Museum 79.47.
Museum of Fine Art Boston: https://collections.mfa.org/objects/206716
British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/A_1915-0823-0-740
Philadelphia Museum of Art: https://philamuseum.org/collection/object/254483
Fine Art Museum of San Francisco: https://www.famsf.org/artworks/tago-bay-and-the-mio-pines-near-ejiri-ejiri-tago-no-ura-mio-no-matsubara-no-19-from-the-series-famous-places-near-the-fifty-three-stations-of-the-tokaido-gojusantsugi-meisho-zue
Splendid proof with excellent colors. Printed on Japanese paper, datable to the second half of the 19th century. In perfect condition. With good margins all around beyond the marginal line.