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Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) | View of the Whirlpools at Awa (Awa Naruto no fukei) | Edo period, 19th century

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Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) 

View of the Whirlpools at Awa (Awa Naruto no fukei) 

Edo period, 19th century  


woodblock print, triptych, from an untitled set of three triptychs representing the theme of Snow, Moon, and Flowers (Setsugekka), the left sheet signed Hiroshige hitsu (Brush of Hiroshige), censor’s seal aratame (certified), published by Okazawaya Taiheiji (Shoeido), 4th month 1857  

 

Vertical oban triptych:

Left sheet: 36 x 25 cm., 14¼ x 9¾ in.

Centre sheet: 36.6 x 25.5 cm., 14¼ x 10 in.

Right sheet: 36 x 25.8 cm., 14¼ x 10¼ in.

For a similar impression of the same print in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, accession number 06.893-5, go to:  

https://collections.mfa.org/objects/497835