Hiroshige -- "100 Views Edo -- Cloth Dryers' Quarter, Kanda District, #75" (#2)

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Title "Cloth Dryers' Quarter, Kanda District" #75 ("Kanda Kon'ya Cho")
Date First printing 1857; this edition is 1891 "Memorial Edition."
Series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo--Memorial Edition" ("Meisho Edo Hyakkei")
Publisher na
Seal, Carver/Printer na
Image Size 8 3/4 x 13 1/4
Impression Excellent. Skillfully executed "bokashi" shading to lower/upper sky, distant hills, cloths, and title cartouche; visible woodgrain to sky; highly detailed carving.
Condition Nearly Excellent. Fresh, strong colors. (Light toning; few scattered marks; light wear; slight margin trimming.) Retains original album backing.
Reference/Illus "Hiroshige--Brooklyn Museum" pl#75.
Comments A very fine printing from the 1891 "Memorial Edition," with much attention to detail. Exceptional condition due to having been preserved inside an album.
Item # EG-272
Price $475 (Sold/PB)
(Not a recent "re-strike"--guaranteed 115+ years old.)