woodblock print, from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei), signed Nisei Hiroshige ga (Pictured by Hiroshige II), censor’s seal aratame (certified), published by Uoya ...

It is 1830. Utagawa Hiroshige is a fire warden from a low-ranking samurai family who is struggling to establish himself as an ukiyo-e artist. One day, he learns about a new paint called Berlin ...