Artist: Keisai Eisen
Date: 1837
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Shiojiri Pass, View of Lake Suwa, from the Sixty-Nine Stations of the Kisokaido. The set was started by Eisen and published by Hoeido in 1835, but in 1837 Hiroshige took over and completed the series with the publisher Iseiri ( Kinjudo ). A view from the pass over the frozen lake towards Takashima Castle, with Mount Fuji in the distance. A short cut over the ice was available in the winter mornings after the ice had frozen during the night. This is the earliest state. Extremely rare. Very fine early impression. The first state of a number of variants with Take [ nouchi Magohachi ] on the girth of the horse; signature and seals, and gradation on the banks on the right of the print. Combined Take and kiwame seal in left margin. Signed Eisen ga. Status: Sold
![Keisai Eisen: No. 31, Shiojiri Pass: View of Lake Suwa (Shiojiri tôge, Suwa no kosui chôbô), from the series The [Sixty-nine Stations of the] Kisokaidô Road (Kisokaidô) - Museum of Fine Arts](https://data.ukiyo-e.org/mfa/thumbs/sc172930.jpg "Keisai Eisen: No. 31, Shiojiri Pass: View of Lake Suwa (Shiojiri tôge, Suwa no kosui chôbô), from the series The [Sixty-nine Stations of the] Kisokaidô Road (Kisokaidô) - Museum of Fine Arts")
![Keisai Eisen: No. 31, Shiojiri Pass: View of Lake Suwa (Shiojiri tôge, Suwa no kosui chôbô), from the series The [Sixty-nine Stations of the] Kisokaidô Road - Museum of Fine Arts](https://data.ukiyo-e.org/mfa/thumbs/sc164661.jpg "Keisai Eisen: No. 31, Shiojiri Pass: View of Lake Suwa (Shiojiri tôge, Suwa no kosui chôbô), from the series The [Sixty-nine Stations of the] Kisokaidô Road - Museum of Fine Arts")
![Keisai Eisen: No. 31, Shiojiri Pass: View of Lake Suwa (Shiojiri tôge, Suwa no kosui chôbô), from the series The [Sixty-nine Stations of the] Kisokaidô Road - Museum of Fine Arts](https://data.ukiyo-e.org/mfa/thumbs/sc207603.jpg "Keisai Eisen: No. 31, Shiojiri Pass: View of Lake Suwa (Shiojiri tôge, Suwa no kosui chôbô), from the series The [Sixty-nine Stations of the] Kisokaidô Road - Museum of Fine Arts")
![Keisai Eisen: No. 31, Shiojiri Pass: View of Lake Suwa (Shiojiri tôge, Suwa no kosui chôbô), from the series The [Sixty-nine Stations of the] Kisokaidô Road - Museum of Fine Arts](https://data.ukiyo-e.org/mfa/thumbs/sc129337.jpg "Keisai Eisen: No. 31, Shiojiri Pass: View of Lake Suwa (Shiojiri tôge, Suwa no kosui chôbô), from the series The [Sixty-nine Stations of the] Kisokaidô Road - Museum of Fine Arts")
