Original woodblock print – Paper – Utagawa Hiroshige II (1826-1869) -Kasumi ga sekiかすみがせき – From the series “Edo meisho” 江戸名所 (Famous Places in Edo) – Japan – 1858 (Ansei 5)

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Original woodblock print – Paper – Utagawa Hiroshige II (1826-1869) -Kasumi ga sekiかすみがせき – From the series “Edo meisho” 江戸名所 (Famous Places in Edo) – Japan – 1858 (Ansei 5)

Since this woodblock print is old, there are holes and repair marks.

Clam digging in the Edo period was a popular play for people at that time. When the time came, many people were clamming on the tidal flats.
The first Hiroshige, II Hiroshige, and III Hiroshige drew many ukiyo-e prints on the theme of clamming

Utagawa Shigenobu is name ‘Shigenobu-e’ 重宣画” in his signature.

(memo)
He joined Utagawa school master HiroshigeI’s studio and become one of the master’s students.

His surname is Suzuki(鈴木) and then Morita(森田), and his first name is Zhenpei(鎮平).first mname(重宣)
he took on Utagawa as a surname, and also used the surname (一幽斎)Ichiyūsai、(一立斎) ichiryūsai、(立斎)rissai、(立祥)ritsu Shō、(喜斎)kissai ,as an art name.

It became famous to draw illustrations on tea boxes for export
It was called Tea Box Hiroshige.