Lot 747 D α

Utagawa Hiroshige III (1842-1894)

Thirty ôban from the series Tôkyô meisho no zue. Each print focuses on a well-known quarter or spot in Tokyo, showing either the modern – Western – influence on the city through remarkable buildings and bridges, new means of transportation and Western dress, or the contrasting tranquil places that had remained untouched. Signed: Hiroshige ga. Publisher: Maruya Tetsujirô. Censor/date seals: aratame, 1861-1869. (30) Mostly good impressions and colours, some traces of usage, some worming, margins slightly trimmed, backed.