Koyo Saruhashi (The Monkey Bridge in Kai province)

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) Koyo Saruhashi (The Monkey Bridge in Kai province) Woodcut vertical diptych of travelers crossing the Monkey Bridge over a river in the light of the full moon, signed Hiroshige hitsu and sealed Ichiryusai and published by Tsutaya Kichizo--very good impression and good color, minor pin hole worming, small repairs, horizontal creases at midsection where the two sheets are joined and at bottom, small smudge near publisher's mark 28¾ x 9¾in. (73 x 24.8cm.)