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Date : 1856
Size : O-ban
Impression : Good
Condition : Good
Detail : -
Under the full bloom cherry blossoms, people are enjoying the viewing and banquets. The mansions on the top of the hill are "Shisen-tei" in "Hana-yashiki" where was filled with beautiful flowers.
The hit series of Ukiyo-e "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo", published from 1856-1859, including several of the Ukiyo-e masterpieces by Hiroshige. Hiroshige began this project at the age of sixty, and in it, captured many charming scenes of the Edo era through very original, vertically-arranged compositions. Though he intended to create only 100 works, in the beginning, the overwhelming popularity of this series led the artist to produce a total of 118 prints over 3 years.