HIROSHIGE: THE VILLAGE OF FUJI KAWA—EVENING SNOW.
One of the Vertical Tokaido Series. Size 13½ × 9. Signed Hiroshige ga.
Plate 54.
Omi Hakkei, the Eight Famous Views of Lake Biwa; the most poetic and possibly the greatest of his works ([Plate 52]).
Kanazawa Hakkei, the Eight Famous Views of the Inlet of Kanazawa; distinguished by a fine simplicity of composition.
Yedo Kinko Hakkei, the Eight Famous Views of Yedo; a series of masterpieces, of great rarity.
Chiushingura, sixteen scenes from the story of the Forty-seven Ronin; fine dramatic compositions, with powerful blacks and greys predominating.
Toto Meisho and Yedo Meisho, names under which more than fifty different series of Yedo views were issued by different publishers. These sets include many masterpieces.
Nihon Minato Tsukushi, ten views of the Harbours of Japan.
Toto Meisho, a series of narrow upright panels of Yedo; several are very distinguished.