Eight scenes created by Hiroshige in the period between the last years of Tenpō (1842) and the duration of Kōka (1847) which is often referred to as Hiroshige's Golden Age of artistry. These drawings were completed by Hiroshige but never engraved and reproduced. Instead they landed in the hands of a Dutch merchant and eventually into the possession of Monsieur Emile Javal, a judge in France. In 1928, Javal offered them to Shataro Sato to etch the drawings and render them in the form Hiroshige would have done in regard to color. The series of eight prints depicts Yedo in the winter months. An ornamental portfolio to hold the prints is included in the collection. The titles of the eight prints are as follows: Takanawa Yoru no Yuki (A snow evening at Takanawa) Ueno Toeizan Shinobazu-ike (Toeizan temple and Shinobazu pond, Ueno) Meguro Fudo Keidai (Snow in the grounds of the Fudo shrine at Meguro) Susaki Yuki no Asa (Daybreak after a snowfall at Susaki) Asakusa Kinryuzan (snow scene at Kinryuzan Buddist temple, Asakusa district) Sumidagawa Tsutsumi no Kei (View from the Sumida River embankment) Kasumigaseki no Yuki-agari (Street view, looking down the Kasumigaseki after a snowfall) Ryogoku Yuki no Yugure (Twilight view of the snow-clad Ryogoku bridge)