Woodblock print by Hiroshige (1797-1858)
"Ayu" (sweetfish) from the "Uo Zukushi" (Selected Fish).
Size: O-ban, 25.6 cm X 37.1 cm
Signature: Hiroshige hitsu
Printed date: c.1832
Publisher: Eijudo (Nishimuraya Yohachi)
Condition: Fine impression with slight visible woodgrain at the stream, fine colors, very faint centre fold mark.
This impression with the Kiwame seal and Eijudo publisher's mark, belongs to the commercial edition published after the private edition for the Kyoka poem group.
This impression are illustrated in the book by Sebastian Izzard "Hiroshige, an exhibition of selected prints and illustrated books", Ukiyo-e Society of America, 1983, #7, page 19.
Also illustrated in the book by Jack Hillier, "Japanese Prints and Drawings from the Vever Collection", vol.3, #885, page 909, Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1976.