Japanese Woodblock Prints

Japanese Woodblock Prints

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UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797–1858) THREE WOODBLOCK PRINTS, EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)

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December 17, 02:24 PM GMT

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THE PROPERTY OF A EUROPEAN COLLECTOR

UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797–1858)

THREE WOODBLOCK PRINTS

EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)


Each woodblock print, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi), signed Hiroshige ga, the first and second prints published by Takenouchi Magohachi (Hoeido), the third print published by Takenouchi Magohachi (Hoeido) and Tsuruya Kiemon (Senkakudo), circa 1833–34, and comprising:

- Numazu: Twilight (Numazu, tasogare zu)

- Yoshiwara: Mount Fuji on the Left (Yoshiwara, hidari Fuji)

- Okitsu: the Okitsu River (Okitsu, Okitsugawa)

Each a horizontal oban:

3

The First: 23.2 x 36 cm., 9 1/8 x 9 1/4 in.

The Second: 25.3 x 37.5 cm., 10 x 14 3/4 in.

The Third: 25 x 38 cm., 9 7/8 x 15 in.

The first print was exhibited at Le Musée National des Arts Asiatiques - Guimet, Paris, July-October 2019

A similar example of the first print is in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, accession no.21.5025; the second print, accession no.11.26109; the third print, accession no.11.26112.