Fine Japanese Art

Fine Japanese Art

View full screen - View 1 of Lot 18. UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE I (1797–1858), FOUR PRINTS: FUJIEDA: CHANGING PORTERS AND HORSES (FUJIEDA, JINBA TSUGITATE), NARUMI: FAMOUS ARIMATSU TIE-DYED FABRIC (NARUMI, MEIBUTSU ARIMATSU SHIBORI), MIYA: FESTIVAL OF THE ATSUTA SHRINE (MIYA, ATSUTA SHINJI) AND KUSATSU: FAMOUS POST HOUSE (KUSATSU, MEIBUTSU TATEBA) | EDO PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY.

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UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE I (1797–1858), FOUR PRINTS: FUJIEDA: CHANGING PORTERS AND HORSES (FUJIEDA, JINBA TSUGITATE), NARUMI: FAMOUS ARIMATSU TIE-DYED FABRIC (NARUMI, MEIBUTSU ARIMATSU SHIBORI), MIYA: FESTIVAL OF THE ATSUTA SHRINE (MIYA, ATSUTA SHINJI) AND KUSATSU: FAMOUS POST HOUSE (KUSATSU, MEIBUTSU TATEBA) | EDO PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY

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May 15, 01:18 PM GMT

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4,000 - 5,000 GBP

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THE PROPERTY OF A EUROPEAN COLLECTOR

UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE I (1797–1858)

EDO PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY

FOUR PRINTS: FUJIEDA: CHANGING PORTERS AND HORSES (FUJIEDA, JINBA TSUGITATE), NARUMI: FAMOUS ARIMATSU TIE-DYED FABRIC (NARUMI, MEIBUTSU ARIMATSU SHIBORI), MIYA: FESTIVAL OF THE ATSUTA SHRINE (MIYA, ATSUTA SHINJI) AND KUSATSU: FAMOUS POST HOUSE (KUSATSU, MEIBUTSU TATEBA)


four 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 Tsuruya Kiemon (Senkakudô), the second, third and fourth prints published by Takenouchi Magohachi (Hoeidô), circa 1833–34 (Tenpô 4–5)

All horizontal ôban:

The First: 25 x 37 cm., 9 7⁄8 x 14 5⁄8 in.

The Second: 24.3 x 37.2 cm., 9 5⁄8 x 14 5⁄8 in.

The Third: 24.5 x 36.3 cm., 9 3⁄4 x 14 1⁄4 in.

The Fourth: 24.5 x 26 cm., 9 5⁄8 x 10 1⁄4 in.

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

The first print is no.23 in the series, the second print is no.41, the third print is no.42 and the fourth print is no.53.


A similar example of the first print is in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, accession no.2009.2411.23, the second print, accession no.11.23098, the third print, accession no.11.23099, the fourth print, accession no.11.23107.