Hiroshige - Masterpieces of Ukiyo-E Prints - 1971

Hiroshige. Masterpieces of Ukiyo-E Prints - Series 6. Shueisha Co., Ltd., 1971. Text by Kiyoshi Shibui and Sadao Kikuchi. Splendid edition in a fold-out box covered in cloth, with Japanese characters in orange on the face and back of the box; bone closures (size 43x31 cm). Hardcover volume with black titles and colored spine, artist's name in Japanese and Western characters impressed on the face (size 42.5x30 cm). 74 pages with bilingual Japanese/English text, interspersed with black-and-white illustrations. 49 color prints, some full-page, others mounted on paper and protected by tissue; some folded, as in work on the original panel. In excellent condition – slightly faded at the margins on the box cloth. Auction with no reserve!