Utagawa HIROSHIGE (signed Hiroshige Hitsu), No. 7, Fujisawa: Fuji on the left at Nanki no Matsubara,

from the Series “Famous Sights of the Fifty-three Stations” (Gojûsan tsugi meisho zue), also known as the Vertical Tôkaidô, 1855

藤沢宿と平塚宿の間にあった南湖(なんご、南期と表記）の松並木と、京都へ向かう東海道では珍しく左手に見えることから「左富士」と呼ばた富士山の風景を描いた作品。

「五十三次名所図会」は、初代広重が晩年に手掛けた55枚の揃物で、安政2年(1855)に蔦屋吉蔵（紅英堂）から刊行されました。広重が描いた多くの東海道シリーズの中で唯一の大判竪絵で、通称「竪絵東海道」と呼ばれています。

View of Nango (written Nangi/Nanki) pine grove, and Mount Fuji on the left side of the Tôkaidô Road, between the stations of Fujisawa and Hiratsuka. This area was one of the rare sections of the Tôkaidô Road where Mount Fuji could be seen on the left side, going from Edo to Kyôto. Thus it was called  "Hidari-Fuji" i.e. "left Fuji".

"Famous Sights of the Fifty-three Stations" is a collection of 55 prints released by Hiroshige in his later years, and was published in 1855 by Tsutaya Kichizō (Kōeidō). It is commonly called "Tate-e Tôkaidô" (Vertical Tôkaidô or Upright Tôkaidô) because it is the only vertical large-format tate-e among the many Tôkaidô series that Hiroshige drew.

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