Masters of the Woodblock: Important Japanese Prints
Masters of the Woodblock: Important Japanese Prints
The Property of a Gentleman
Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) | Chinese Lady and Attendant | Edo period, 19th century
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July 21, 01:30 PM GMT
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6,000 - 8,000 GBP
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The Property of a Gentleman
Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)
Chinese Lady and Attendant
Edo period, 19th century
woodblock print, aizuri-e [blue-printed picture], in the style of an ishizuri-e [woodblock print imitating a stone rubbing], cut from one sheet of the harimaze series Mirror of Stone Rubbings of Ancient and Modern Masters of the Brush (Kokon meihitsu ishizuri kagami), signed Yusai, sealed Hiro and Shige, circa 1832-33
Harimaze, cut from a vertical oban sheet: 33 x 12.7 cm., 13 x 5 in.
For a similar impression of the same print in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, accession number 11.2086, go to:
https://collections.mfa.org/objects/202001
A further impression is in the collection of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, accession number 54755.447, go to:
https://art.famsf.org/utagawa-hiroshige/untitled-chinese-woman-and-child-54755447
An uncut impression of the harimaze is in the collection of the Chazen Museum of Art, Madison, Wisconsin, accession number 1980.2025, go to:
https://chazen.wisc.edu/collection/6184/orchid-grass-chinese-woman-and-bamboo-from/