Eight Views of the Suburbs of Edo (Edo kinkō hakkei no uchi)

UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797–1858)

Set of eight color woodblock prints: ōban yoko-e, each 10¼ x 14⅞ in. (26.0 x 37.8 cm); 1837/38
Each signed: Hiroshige ga 
Censor’s seal: kiwame 
Publisher’s seal: Kikaku[dō] 
Commissioner: Taihaidō kaihan 
Provenance: Acquired in Kyoto around 1920; Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Garland 
a. Night Rain at Azuma Wood (Azuma no mori yau)
b. Autumn Moon on the Tama River (Tamagawa shūgetsu)
c. Evening Bell at Ikegami (Ikegami banshō)
d. Returning Sails at Gyōtoku (Gyōtoku kihan)
e. Clearing Weather at Shibaura (Shibaura seiran)
f. Evening Glow at Koganei Bridge (Koganei bashi no sekishō)
g. Geese Descending at Haneda (Haneda rakugan)
h. Evening Snow on Mount Asuka (Asukayama bosetsu)