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UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE I (1797–1858), TWO PRINTS: TOTSUKA: MOTOMACHI FORK (TOTSUKA, MOTOMACHI BETSUDÔ) AND AKASAKA: INN WITH SERVING MAIDS (AKASAKA, RYOSHA SHÔFU NO ZU) | EDO PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY
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THE PROPERTY OF A EUROPEAN COLLECTOR
UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE I (1797–1858)
EDO PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY
TWO PRINTS: TOTSUKA: MOTOMACHI FORK (TOTSUKA, MOTOMACHI BETSUDÔ) AND AKASAKA: INN WITH SERVING MAIDS (AKASAKA, RYOSHA SHÔFU NO ZU)
two woodblock prints, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsugi no uchi), signed Hiroshige ga, the first print published by Takenouchi Magohachi (Hoeidô) and Tsuruya Kiemon (Senkakudô) and the second print published by Takenouchi Magohachi (Hoeidô), circa 1833–34 (Tenpô 4–5)
Both horizontal ôban:
The First: 23.5 x 36.5 cm., 9 1⁄4 x 14 1⁄4 in.
The Second: 24.6 x 36.5 cm., 9 3⁄4 x 14 3⁄8 in.
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The first print was exhibited at Le Musée National des Arts Asiatiques - Guimet, July-October 2019
The first print no.6 in the series, first state and the second print is no.37 in the series.
A similar example of the first print is in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, accession no.21.5008.
A similar example of the second print is in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, accession no.11.41836