Author: Utagawa Hiroshige (歌川広重), aka Andō Hiroshige (広重安藤).
Signature: Hiroshige ga (広重画).
Subject: Sukenari and Tokimune Saying Good-bye to Beautiful Flowers.
Series : The tale of the Sōga (Sōga monogatari zue, 曽我物語図会).
Number: 19/31.
Genre: musha-e (武者絵), monogatari-e (物語絵).
Size: large (ōban, 大判) 35,9cm x 24,2cm ( 14,13 x 9,52 inches).
Publisher: Ibaya Senzaburō (伊場屋仙三郎).
Period: c. 1843 ~ 1847.
Trimmed: yes
Backed: yes
Code: HSA01004

Condition: good condition. Colour is clear, clean with good saturation. Minor stain which does not compromise the design. Any remarkable wrinkle nor crease. Any evident damage nor fixing. It has been backed and slightly trimmed.

The two Sōga brothers, Sukenari (祐成) and Tokimune (時致), are peacefully relaxing in a summer garden before the Fuji no makigari (富士の巻狩り) hunting banquet.
Tokimune is standing in the middle of the garden surrounded by flowers while his brother Sukenari sits on the veranda (engawa / 縁側), relaxing and drinking some sake.

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