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UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE I (1797–1858), THREE PRINTS: FUCHÛ: THE ABE RIVER (FUCHÛ, ABEKAWA), KANAYA: THE FAR BANK OF THE ÔI RIVER (KANAYA, ÔIGAWA ENGAN) AND ISHIYAKUSHI: ISHIYAKUSHI TEMPLE (ISHIYAKUSHI, ISHIYAKUSHI-JI) | EDO PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY
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THE PROPERTY OF A EUROPEAN COLLECTOR
UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE I (1797–1858)
EDO PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY
THREE PRINTS: FUCHÛ: THE ABE RIVER (FUCHÛ, ABEKAWA), KANAYA: THE FAR BANK OF THE ÔI RIVER (KANAYA, ÔIGAWA ENGAN) AND ISHIYAKUSHI: ISHIYAKUSHI TEMPLE (ISHIYAKUSHI, ISHIYAKUSHI-JI)
three woodblock prints, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsugi no uchi), each signed Hiroshige ga, published by Takenouchi Magohachi (Hoeidô), circa 1833–34 (Tenpô 4–5)
All horizontal ôban:
The First: 26 x 38.2 cm., 10 x 15 in.
The Second: 24.2 x 36 cm., 9 ½ x 14 in.
The Third: 25 x 37.5 cm., 9 7⁄8 x 14 3⁄4 in.
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The first print exhibited at Le Musée National des Arts Asiatiques - Guimet, July-October 2019
The first print is no.20 in the series; the second print is no.25 in the series; the third print is no.45 in the series.
Similar examples of all prints are in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the first print accession no.21.5019, the second print no.1.2174 and the third print no.06.1497.