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Sakanoshita, Fudesute (Fudesute Mine), 1834

Original color woodcut inches 8,6 x 13,3 (mm 220 x 338)

Bibliography: Strange E.F., The colour prints of Hiroshige, London and New York 1925, reprints Geneva 1973, New York 1983, p. 46; Lane R., Images from the floating world, The japanese prints, Freiburg 1978, French edition Freiburg 1979; Stewart B., Subject portrayed in japanese colour-prints, London 1925, reprints Geneva 1973 New York 1979.

Plate from the series Tôkaidô gojûsan tsugi no uchi (Fifty-three Stations of Tôkaidô Road, also known as the first Tôkaidô or the great Tôkaidô). Fine proof with fresh and brilliant colours. Impressed on paper from Japan, reinforced on the reverse side to better preserve it.