Hiroshige II - Tajima Takanohama

Utagawa Hiroshige II Tajima Takanohama 但馬鷹のはま (Takanohama in Tajima). Cove protected by steep cliffs at low tide. From this series "Shokoku meisho hyakkei" 諸国名所百景 (One Hundred Views of Famous Places in the Provinces). The series dates from the middle of Hiroshige II's career, when he was in his mid-thirties. At this point, he had just started using the name 'Hiroshige', since his master Hiroshige I had just died (in 1858), and Hiroshige II had taken over the gō 'Hiroshige'; the prints in this series are signed 'Hiroshige'. The series title is in the tall rectangular cartouche in the top right corner; the title of each individual print is in the square cartouche to its left.   Condition: Margins as shown, very good color and impression, backed on thin Edo era paper, some stains as shown. Date: 1859 Dimensions: 14 1/4 x 10 5/8 in. Publisher: Uoya Eikichi Genre: Ukiyo-e Medium: Woodblock Print