Japanese & Korean Works of Art - 20th May 2025
Lot 406
UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)
Estimate £500 - £1,000 | Hammer £441
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Description
UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)
KISOJI NO YAMAKAWA
EDO PERIOD (1615-1868)
Approx. 26cm x 113cm.
WITHOUT RESERVE
From the Estate of a Collector, Heath House, Hampshire, and thence by descent.
A Japanese woodblock print triptych, signed Hiroshige hitsu and sealed on the right sheet.
This triptych belongs to a series created by Hiroshige depicting monumental landscape panoramas and illustrating the concepts of snow, moon and cherry blossoms (Setsugekka). The theme comes from this poem composed by Chinese writer Bo Juyi (772-846): 'In snow, moon, and cherry blossoms, I think of you'. It was published by Okazawaya Taheiji on the 8th month of 1857.