Japanese Works of Art - 16th November 2023

Lot 758

UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)

Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £227

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Description

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

Two Japanese woodblock prints, the first entitled Fukuroi, dejaya no zu (Fukuroi: Tea Stall), from the series Tôkaidô gojûsan tsugi no uchi (Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô), co-published by Hôeidô and Senkakudô, c.1833-34, framed and glazed, oban yoko-e, 24cm x 36cm; the other entitled Seta sekishô (Sunset Glow at Seta), from the series Ômi hakkei (Eight Views of Ômi), c.1857, oban tate-e, 38cm x 25.5cm, both signed Hiroshige ga. (2)