Fine Japanese Art

Fine Japanese Art

View full screen - View 1 of Lot 15. UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE I (1797–1858), FOUR PRINTS: SHIRASUKA: VIEW OF SHIOMIZAKA (SHIRASUKA, SHIOMIZAKA ZU), MINAKUCHI: NOTED PICKLES (MINAKUCHI, MEIBUTSU KAMPYÔ), KUSATSU: FAMOUS POST HOUSE (KUSATSU, MEIBUTSU TATEBA) AND ÔTSU: HASHIRII TEAHOUSE (ÔTSU, HASHIRII CHAYA) | EDO PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY .

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UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE I (1797–1858), FOUR PRINTS: SHIRASUKA: VIEW OF SHIOMIZAKA (SHIRASUKA, SHIOMIZAKA ZU), MINAKUCHI: NOTED PICKLES (MINAKUCHI, MEIBUTSU KAMPYÔ), KUSATSU: FAMOUS POST HOUSE (KUSATSU, MEIBUTSU TATEBA) AND ÔTSU: HASHIRII TEAHOUSE (ÔTSU, HASHIRII CHAYA) | EDO PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY

Lot Closed

May 15, 01:15 PM GMT

Estimate

3,800 - 4,000 GBP

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THE PROPERTY OF A EUROPEAN COLLECTOR

UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE I (1797–1858)

EDO PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY

FOUR PRINTS: SHIRASUKA: VIEW OF SHIOMIZAKA (SHIRASUKA, SHIOMIZAKA ZU), MINAKUCHI: NOTED PICKLES (MINAKUCHI, MEIBUTSU KAMPYÔ), KUSATSU: FAMOUS POST HOUSE (KUSATSU, MEIBUTSU TATEBA) AND ÔTSU: HASHIRII TEAHOUSE (ÔTSU, HASHIRII CHAYA)


four woodblock prints, 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)

All horizontal ôban:

The First: 25.3 x 36.5 cm., 10 x 14 1⁄4 in.

The Second: 25.4 x 37.3 cm., 10 x 14 5⁄8 in.

The Third: 25.5 x 28.5 cm., 10 x 11 1⁄4 in.

The Fourth: 24 x 36.5 cm., 9 1⁄2 x 14 1⁄4 in.

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The fourth print was exhibited at Le Musée National des Arts Asiatiques - Guimet, July-October 2019

The first print is no.33, the second print is no.51, the third print is no.53 and the fourth print is second state (without background mountain) and no.54 in the series.