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Ando Hiroshige (Utagawa, 1797–1858), a woodblock print from …
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207
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Ando Hiroshige (Utagawa, 1797–1858), a woodblock print from …
See original version (French)
Estimate €150 - €200
Voluntary lot
Description
Ando Hiroshige (Utagawa, 1797–1858), a woodblock print from the series ‘The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tōkaidō’ – Tōkaidō gojusan tsugi no uchi (?????????), known as the Gyosho Tokaido, Japan, c. 1841–1845
Nishiki-e woodblock print, ink and colour on paper, aiban yoko-e format, plate no. 16 ‘Kambara, view of the River Fuji from Iwafuchi’. The composition depicts three pilgrims walking along the banks of the River Fuji, including two mendicant monks wearing large straw hats, at the foot of a large willow tree. Beyond the river and the sandbanks, the mountains stretch to the horizon, dominated by Mount Fuji, whose snow-capped summit is visible between the peaks. Signed Hiroshige ga. Publisher: Ezakiya Kichibei (Tenjudo). Second edition published by Yamadaya Shojiro
18.5 x 30.5 cm (image size)
Fading, central crease, trimmed margins, heavily sun-faded.
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