Hiroshige Ando (1797-1858) - Lot 297

Hiroshige Ando (1797-1858) Asakusa Dempo Torinomachi môde Asakusa rice fields, Torinomachi pilgrimage This is a view of a house in Yoshiwara. A white cat stands on the windowsill, where a towel and bowl are placed. Beyond the rice paddies seen through the window, Mount Fuji rises, with birds flying overhead. From the series Meisho Edo Hyakkei, One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, pl. 101, winter. Date: Year of the Snake, 1857. Signed Hiroshige ga. Publisher Uoya Eikichi. Format oban tate-e: 33.4 x 22 cm A very fine proof with very fresh colors. Margins cut. Bibliography: Braziller, One hundred famous views of Edo, 1986, pl. 101, repr. color - M. Ouspenski, Hiroshige, Cent vues d'Edo, Ed. Parkstone, 1997, pl. 101, repr. color.