- Hiroshige Ando (1797-1858) Asakusa Higashi... - Lot 241 - Beaussant Lefèvre & Associés

- Hiroshige Ando (1797-1858) Asakusa Higashi Gomonzeki East Gomonzeki temple in Asakusa On the bridge over the temple moat, a couple and two children, escorted by their servants, pass a group of elderly people, the two women wearing okozukin. The little boy, between his parents, wears a warrior's costume, while the little girl, on the shoulders of a servant, is dressed as a bride. On their first visit to the temple, the children put on their best clothes and pray for their future happiness. Oban yoko-e from the Edo Meisho series, Famous Views of Edo. Series of 40 plates. Date: 1854. Signed Hiroshige ga. Publisher Yamadaya. Aratame censor seal. Format : 24.8 x 37.7 cm Fresh color, margins soiled. Bibliography: Suzuki, p.138-139. - Hiroshige Ando (1797-1858) Hongô no kei/ View of Hongô A woman moves in a palanquin held by two porters, escorted by a maid and a servant. Hongô, north of Edo, was the residential district of the lords and their families. Oban yoko-e from the Edo Meisho series, Famous Views of Edo. Series of 40 plates. Date: 1854. Signed Hiroshige ga. Publisher Yamadaya. Aratame censor seal. Format: 25.8 x 37.6 cm Fine proof, fresh coloring, wormholes. Bibliography: Suzuki, p.138-139. The whole set.