Edo prints
| Design: | Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) | |||||
| Title: | Returning sails at Takanawa | |||||
| Series title: | Eight Views of Shiba from the Eastern Capital | |||||
| Size: | 21.8 x 34.8 cm (ōban) | |||||
| Posthumous printing from newly cut woodblocks | ||||||
| Photography: | Jacques Commandeur |
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Originally published by Echizenya Heizaburō ca. 1834-1842. This reproduction published by Adachi in Tokyo.
Artist’s signature in print area at the right:
| Character | Reading | Meaning | Translation |
| 廣 | hiro | broad | |
| 重 | shige | heavy | Picture by |
| 画 | ga | picture | Hiroshige |
Print title at the left of the artist’s signature:
| Character | Reading | Meaning | Translation |
| 高 | taka | rise | |
| 輪 | nawamo | wheel | |
| 帰 | ki | return | Returning sails |
| 帆 | han | sail | at Takanawa |
Series title in red cartouche on the left:
| Character | Reading | Meaning | Translation |
| 東 | tō | east | |
| 都 | to | capital | |
| 司 | shi | conduct | |
| 馬 | ba | horse | |
| 八 | hachi | eight | Eight Views of Shiba |
| 景 | kei | view | in the Eastern Capital |
Provenance: Fuji Arts