woodblock print, from the series Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces (Rokujuyoshu meisho zue), signed Hiroshige hitsu, sealed aratame, 1853 vertical oban:

- There is some minor wormage to the right-hand margin at the bottom of the rocks. - There is a small repair to the corner and repair to the top left corner margin.
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For an impression in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, accession number 06.823.48, go to: //www.mfa.org/collections/search And for another in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accession number JP1199, go to: //www.metmuseum.org/art/collection