Hiroshige -- "Toto Meisho--Evening Cherry Blossoms, Yoshiwara Gate"

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Title "Evening Cherry Blossoms, Yoshiwara Gate" ("Yoshiwara Yozakura")
Date c1835-40
Series "Toto Meisho" ("Famous Views of the Eastern Capital (Edo)")
Publisher Sanoki
Seal, Carver/Printer na
Image Size 8 1/2 x 13 5/8
Impression Good. Nicely executed "bokashi" shading to lower/upper sky and water.
Condition Very good. Excellent, unfaded colors. Very faint vertical centerfold. Some trimming left margin. Unbacked.
Reference/Illus na
Comments A busy evening scene at the gated entrance of Yoshiwara's brothels.
Item # CG-806
Price $875 (Sold/SK)
(Guaranteed original)