Hiroshige - Kiyohara no Motosuke

Hiroshige From the series Ogura Imitations of One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets (Ogura nazorae hyakunin isshu). This series comprises of 35 prints by Hiroshige, 51 by Kuniyoshi and 14 by Kunisada. In this scene, Wankyū, a playboy of an Ōsaka merchant family is half-mad from desire for Matsuyama. Signed Hiroshige ga with chrysanthemum seal. Inscriptions: Inscribed, ‘Chigiriki na/ katami ni sode o/ shiboritsutsu/ Sue no matsuyama/ nami kosaji to wa’ (Our sleeves were wet with tears/ As pledges that our love/ Will last until/ Over Sue's Mount of Pines/ Ocean waves are breaking). Play: possibly Ninin Wankyū  Condition: Some dirt but overall very good quality, not backed. Date: 1845-1849 Publisher: Ibaya Sensaburō   https://www.hiroshige.org.uk/Collaborations/Collaborations.htm   http://www.kunisada.de/Kunisada-series72-Ogura/series72-ogura-1.htm#p42