Hiroshige II Utagawa (1826-1869) - Lot 381

Hiroshige II Utagawa (1826-1869) Meguro Jijigachaya/ Grandfather's teahouse in Meguro In the foreground, on the right, is a teahouse, from which customers seem to be admiring Mount Fuji, in the distance, against a glowing sky, and in a peaceful, rural atmosphere. he Meisho Edo Hyakkei series, One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, pl. 84, autumn. Date: 1857, Serpent 4. Signed Hiroshige ga. Aratame censor seal. Publisher Uoei. Format oban tate-e: 36.3 x 24.7 cm Traces of mica towards the top. Lined. Binding holes on the right. Bibliography: E. Strange, The color prints of Hiroshige, London Cassell 1925, p.180, 13 (84) - Ukiyo-e Taikei, vol. XVII, Meisho Edo Hyakkei, part II, Tokyo 1976, pl. 84, repr. coul. - Braziller, Brooklyn Museum, pl. 84 - Suzuki, pl. 548.