Japanese Works of Art - 16th November 2023

Lot 757

UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)

Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £151

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Description

UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)
EDO PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY

Two Japanese woodblock prints, the first entitled Fujikawa, bōhana no zu (Fujikawa, Scene near the Post Office), station 38 from the series Tokaido gojusan tsugi (Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido), c.1833-34, signed Hiroshige ga, oban yoko-e, 25cm x 37.7cm; the other a later reprint depicting Ōhashi Atake no yūdachi (Sudden Shower over Shin-Ōhashi Bridge and Atake), from the series Meisho Edo hyakkei (One Hundred Famous Views of Edo), framed and glazed, 35.5cm x 23.5cm. (2)