Japanese Works of Art - 15th November 2022
Lot 193
UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)
Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £600
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Description
UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)
UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE II (1826-69)
EDO PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY
A collection of five Japanese woodblock prints of landscapes, one entitled Kozuke, Harunasan setchu (Mount Haruna Under Snow), and another Noto Taki-no-Ura (The Bay of Waterfalls in Noto), both from the series Rokujûyoshû meisho zue (Famous Views of the Sitxty-odd Provinces), and Okitsu Okitsugawa Satta no mori (Okitsu River and Satta Wood), from Gojusan-tsugi meisho zue (Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido - vertical), signed Hiroshige hitsu, oban tate-e, all approx. 37.5cm x 25cm; together with a later reprint of Shirasuka from the series Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido, oban yoko-e, 24.1cm x 36.5cm; and another woodblock print entitled Mariko, from the series Tokaido meisho fukei (Scenes of Famous Places along the Tokaido Road), signed Hiroshige ga (for Hiroshige II), 35.2cm x 24.4cm. (5)
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