Japanese Woodblock Prints

Japanese Woodblock Prints

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Utagawa Hiroshige II (1829-1869) | Two woodblock prints from the series One Hundred Famous Views in the Various Provinces (Shokoku meisho hyakkei) | Edo period, 19th century

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Utagawa Hiroshige II (1829-1869)

Two woodblock prints from the series One Hundred Famous Views in the Various Provinces (Shokoku meisho hyakkei)

Edo period, 19th century


each a woodblock print, from the series One Hundred Famous Views in the Various Provinces (Shokoku meisho hyakkei), signed Hiroshige ga (Pictured by Hiroshige), censor's seal aratame (certified), published by Uoya Eikichi, and comprising:


- Sotogahama in Mutsu Province (Oshu Sotogahama), 10th month 1859

- Tatsunokuchi Mountain in Bizen Province (Bizen Tatsunokuchi-yama), 2nd month 1860


Both vertical oban:

37.3 x 25.1 cm., 14⅝ x 9⅞ in. (the first)

35.4 x 23.3 cm., 13⅞ x 9⅛ in. (the second)

For a similar impression of the first print in the collection of the British Museum, museum number 1915,0823,0.328.32, go to:

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/A_1915-0823-0-328-32


For a similar impression of the second print ion the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, accession number RES.54.190.35, go to:

https://collections.mfa.org/objects/536487