Masters of the Woodblock: Important Japanese Prints
Masters of the Woodblock: Important Japanese Prints
The Property of an American Gentleman (Lots 38-40, All Formerly in the Collection of Frank Lloyd Wright)
Lot Closed
July 21, 01:38 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
The Property of an American Gentleman (Lots 38-40, All Formerly in the Collection of Frank Lloyd Wright)
Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)
Shono: Driving Rain (Shono, hakuu)
Edo period, 19th century
woodblock print, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi), also known as the First Tokaido or Great Tokaido, signed Hiroshige ga (Pictured by Hiroshige), published by Takenouchi Magohachi (Hoeido), circa 1833-34
Horizontal oban: 23.3 x 36.5 cm., 9¼ x 14⅜ in.
Dr Paul F. Clark (1882-1983), and thence by descent