
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
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May 15, 01:29 PM GMT
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2,400 - 3,000 GBP
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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE I (1797–1858)
EDO PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY
FOUR PRINTS: YOSHIWARA: MOUNT FUJI ON THE LEFT (YOSHIWARA, HIDARI FUJI); RED MAPLE TREES AT THE TSÛTENKYÔ BRIDGE (TSÛTENKYÔ NO MOMIJI); CHERRY BLOSSOMS IN FULL BLOOM AT ARASHIYAMA (ARASHIYAMA MANKA); TWILIGHT SNOW AT MOUNT HIRA (HIRA BOSETSU)
All woodblock prints, comprising:
1. from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsugi no uchi), signed Hiroshige ga, published by Takenouchi Magohachi (Hoeidô), circa 1833–34 (Tenpô 4–5)
2. from the series Famous Views of Kyoto (Kyôto meisho no uchi), signed Hiroshige ga, published by Kawaguchiya Shôzô (Shôeidô, Eisendô), circa 1834 (Tenpô 5)
3. from the series Famous Views of Kyoto (Kyôto meisho no uchi), signed Hiroshige ga, published by Kawaguchiya Shôzô (Shôeidô, Eisendô), circa 1834 (Tenpô 5)
4. from the series Eight Views of Ômi (Ômi hakkei), signed Hiroshige ga, published by Uoya Eikichi, 1857 (Ansei 4)
horizontal ôban:
The First: 22.7 x 34.5 cm., 9 x 13 5⁄8 in.
The Second: 21.5 x 34.3 cm., 8 1⁄2 x 13 1⁄2 in.
The Third: 21.5 x 33.8 cm., 8 1/2 x 13 3/8 in.
vertical ôban:
The Fourth: 34.5 x 23 cm., 13 1/2 x 9 in.
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