The Envelope Tokaido; Gojusan Tsuoi Futo Tokaido. Two prints from a set of fifty-six prints originally printed four together on sixteen sheets. The envelope on the left comes from the print Miya, we have yet to identify the one on the right.
Artist: Ando Hiroshige 
Signed: Ryusai Hitsu
Series: The Evelope Tokaido
Date: 1850
Format: Envelopes; woodblock printed;
 
7'' x 1 7/8''
 
Very fine impression, color, and condition. The price is $2000 for each envelope please specify which one you would like to purchase.
 
Comment: These prints are quite rare, we have only been able to find a complete set of fifty-six that has come up twice. The first, Sotheby Parke-Bernet, N.Y., 10.1.74-10.2.74, Lot #335. Almost certainly the same set came up again at Sotheby's N.Y. Nov 6-7th 1985 lot # 371.