Tsukioka Yoshitoshi,
'Station Maisaka' from the series 'Processional Tokaido' / 'The Tokaido Road' (Gyoretsu Tokaido).
Öban tate-e 34 x 24 cm.
Not examined out of frame. Faded. Creased.
This series was commissioned by the authorities to promote the shogun’s procession from Edo to Kyoto in 1863. Sixteen of the major print artists were enlisted for the project, from the youthful Yoshitoshi to the elderly Kunisada.