Title:
Gotenyama [御殿山] – one of the most popular cherry blossom viewing spots; it is a hill at
Shinagawa [品川], the second station on the
Tōkaidō road [
東海道], located on the shores of
Edo Bay [江戸湾].
Series: A Collection of Mountains [山つくし] (
Yama tsukushi)
Artist:
Utagawa Kunisada [
歌川 国貞] a.k.a. Utagawa Toyokuni III [
三代歌川豊国] (Japanese, 1786 – 12 January 1865).
Block carver: Yokokawa Takejirō, seal: [彫竹] – Hori Take.
Publisher:
Yama-Ta; seal: [板元, 太] – Hanmoto, Ta; Marks 19-044 | U421b: An unknown publisher in Edo, fl. c. 1815-61.
Combined date seal and kiwame censor seal: Ansei 6 (1851).
Signed:
Toyokuni ga [豊国 画] in a red toshidama cartouche.
Size: Fan print (uchiwa-e) 227 x 287 mm.
Title: Gotenyama [御殿山] – one of the most popular cherry blossom viewing spots; it is a hill at Shinagawa [品川], the second station on the Tōkaidō road [東海道], located on the shores of Edo Bay [江戸湾]. Series: A Collection of Mountains [山つくし] (Yama tsukushi) Artist: Utagawa Kunisada [歌川 国貞] a.k.a. Utagawa Toyokuni III [三代歌川豊国] (Japanese, 1786 – 12 January 1865). Block carver: Yokokawa Takejirō, seal: [彫竹] – Hori Take. Publisher: Yama-Ta; seal: [板元, 太] – Hanmoto, Ta; Marks 19-044 | U421b: An unknown publisher in Edo, fl. c. 1815-61. Combined date seal and kiwame censor seal: Ansei 6 (1851). Signed: Toyokuni ga [豊国 画] in a red toshidama cartouche. Size: Fan print (uchiwa-e) 227 x 287 mm.
Artist: Utagawa Yoshitsuya [歌川 芳艶] (Japanese, 1822 – 1866). Publisher: Kojimaya Jūbei [小島屋重兵衛] (Japanese, c. 1797 – 1869). Date seal and double nanushi censor seals: Kunigasa & Yoshimura, Kōka 5 (1849). Signed: Ichieisai Yoshitsuya ga [英斎芳艶画] in a red double gourd cartouche. Two men are fishing with a net off the coast of Shinagawa, in the Edo Bay.
