Hiroshige II's series 'Collection of Famous Places in the Eastern Capital in the Four Seasons (Tōto Shiki Meisho Zukushi)'

Hiroshige II's series 'Collection of Famous Places in the Eastern Capital in the Four Seasons (Tōto Shiki Meisho Zukushi)' (1862)

Introduction

This page attempts to catalog all known prints in Hiroshige II's series 'Tōto Shiki Meisho Zukushi (東都四季名所盡 - Collection of Famous Places in the Eastern Capital in the Four Seasons)'.

This series is a joint work with Toyokuni III; he was responsible for the large figure in the foreground, and Hiroshige II produced the landscape scene in the background panel.

The series title is in the rectangular cartouche with the curved ends in the top right corner.

The series dates from the end of Hiroshige II's career, when he was about thirty-six years old. At this point, he was still using the name 'Hiroshige', since his master Hiroshige I had died (in 1858), and Hiroshige II had taken over the gō 'Hiroshige'; the prints in this series are signed 'Hiroshige'.

Technical details

Dates: 1862 (Dog - Bunkyū 2), 11th month
Size: vertical ōban
Signed: Hiroshige
Publisher: Kameyei at Shitaya in Edo
Block carver: Koizumi Horisen

The Prints

To see a larger, roughly full-screen, image of any print, please click on the thumbnail; these images are sized to produce fine detail, and are only moderately compressed.

Images	Number	Date	Title (Kanji)	Title (Romaji)	Title (English)	Description
		1862/11		Tori no Machi Ichi

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Last updated: 23/June/2009