Lot 12
  • 12

UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE I (1797–1858)MIYA: FESTIVAL OF THE ATSUTA SHRINE (MIYA, ATSUTA SHINJI) EDO PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY | MIYA: FESTIVAL OF THE ATSUTA SHRINE (MIYA, ATSUTA SHINJI), FROM THE SERIES FIFTY-THREE STATIONS OF THE TOKAIDO ROAD (TOKAIDO GOJUSAN TSUGI NO UCHI), EDO PERIOD, CIRCA 1833–34

Estimate
3,000 - 4,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • 25 x 38 cm., 9 7/8  x 15 in. 
woodblock print, from the series Fifty-three stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi), signed Hiroshige ga and published by Takenouchi Magohachi and Tsuruya Kiemon (Hoeido/Senkakudo), circa 1833–34 horizontal oban:

Condition

- There is a centre fold. - There is some slight re-touching to the black area.
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Catalogue Note

For an impression in the British Museum, accession number 11.23099, go to: https://www.mfa.org/collections/search And for another in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accession number JP2877, go to: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection