Tsushima – The Coast on a Clear Evening (Tsushima, kaigan yūbare)

Tsushima – The Coast on a Clear Evening (Tsushima, kaigan yūbare) HIROSHIGE, Utagawa (1797-1858) Color woodcut. 1856, Edo period. Sheet dimensions: 35.5 x 23.5 cm. Plate from the series Rokujū-yoshu meisho zue ("Famous Views of the Sixty-odd Provinces"). Color woodcut (nishiki-e), vertical ōban format. Period proof, 1856, printed from the original woodblocks. Publisher Koshimuraya Heisuke. Signed Hiroshige hitsu. Regulatory date and aratame seals in the upper margin, partially trimmed. Beautiful composition depicting the coast of Tsushima Island, animated with sailboats, in front of a mountainous landscape crossed by a large rainbow. Colors preserved and vivid, with beautiful gradients, bokashi, in the sky and waters. Sheet mounted on the verso, margins reduced, upper seals truncated. Paper slightly fuzzy in the lower margin. Despite these flaws, a beautiful original period copy by Hiroshige, with a sharp impression and fresh colors.