Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige (1797 - 1858) Series: The Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Upright) Number: 40 Chiryu: The Former Site of the Irises at Eightbridge Village (Chiryu, Yatsuhashimura kakitsubata no koseki) Medium: Woodblock Print Date: 1855 Format: Vertical Oban Size (H x W): 14" x 9.25" print only. Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizo Seals: Aratame and date Signature: Hiroshige hitsu Note: The inscriptions on the right margin: "Shodai Ichiryusai Hiroshige-o hitsu, Genban Tsutaya, Kyuhan Ohashi-do" (Made by elderly Ichiryusai Hiroshige 1st, original edition by Tsutaya, block copyright requested by Ohashi-do). This edition was probably made by Ohashi-do, who apparently bought the copyright of the blocks from Kodama Matashichi. Displayed with mat and gilt wood frame.