Fine Japanese Prints
Fine Japanese Prints
The Property of a Lady
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December 14, 02:31 PM GMT
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1,000 - 1,500 GBP
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The Property of a Lady
Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)
Three woodblock prints
Edo period, 19th century
each a woodblock print, from the series Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces (Rokujuyoshu meisho zue), signed Hiroshige hitsu, published by Koshimuraya Heisuke, and comprising:
- Kii Province: Waka-no-ura Bay (Kii, Waka-no-ura), censor's seal aratame, 9th month 1855
- Awaji Province: Goshiki Beach (Awaji, Goshiki hama), 1855
- Satsuma Province: Bo Bay, The Two-sword Rocks (Satsuma, Bo no ura, Sokenseki), 1856
Each a vertical oban:
35.5 x 24.1 cm., 14 x 9½ in. (the first)
33.8 x 22.3 cm., 13⅜ x 8¾ in. (the second)
33.6 x 22.2 cm., 13¼ x 8¾ in. (the third)
For a further impression of the first print in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, accession number 11.17003, go to: