Lot 26
  • 26

UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE II (1826–1869)THE YATATE CEDAR TREE IN KAI PROVINCE (KOSHU YATATE SUGI) EDO PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY | THE YATATE CEDAR TREE IN KAI PROVINCE (KOSHU YATATE SUGI), FROM THE SERIES ONE HUNDRED FAMOUS VIEWS IN THE VARIOUS PROVINCES (SHOKOKU MEISHO HYAKKEI), EDO PERIOD, 1859

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • 35 x 24 cm., 12 3/4  x 9 1/2  in. 
woodblock print, from the series One Hundred Famous Views in the Various Provinces (Shokoku meisho hyakkei), signed Hiroshige ga, published by Uoya Eikichi, 1859 vertical oban: 

Condition

- There is a tape repair to the left-hand margin. - There are small repairs to the bottom edge. - Good colour and impression.
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Catalogue Note

For an impression in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, accession number RES.54.190.6, go to: https://www.mfa.org/collections/search And for another impression in the British Museum, accession number 1915,0823,0.329.17, go to: http://www.britishmuseum.org/research.aspx