Comment - Handsome view of a beauty and
a boy strolling along Benkei Moat outside Sakurada. Several
Edo-kites or Edo-kaku
("Edo-tako", "江戸凧") can be seen flying high above the rooftops
in the distance.
The title is in the yellowish square, and the series title is
in the vertical rectangular red cartouche upper right.
Series - Series: "Famous Places in Tokiyo" ("東京名勝図会",
Tôkyô meisho zue)
Artist - see
Biography
Signature - "Hiroshige hitsu" ("広重筆") in white
cassette at lower right;
Publisher - Hiranoyashin-zô (平野屋新蔵) (Aikindô
publishing, 愛錦堂), lower left selvage, circular
censor's seal (Tatsu jū
ni aratame, 辰十二改) lower left
Image Size - 22.2 x 16.8 cm ( 8 3/4" x 6
5/8") + margins as shown
Condition - Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color
on paper, single sheet, small
vertical ôban; Tate-e
(portrait);