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UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE I (1797–1858), TWO TRIPTYCHS: VIEW OF FUTAMIGAURA (FUTAMIGAURA NO ZU) AND KASUMIGASEKI | EDO PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY

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May 15, 01:17 PM GMT

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2,800 - 3,000 GBP

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THE PROPERTY OF A EUROPEAN COLLECTOR

UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE I (1797–1858)

EDO PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY

TWO TRIPTYCHS: VIEW OF FUTAMIGAURA (FUTAMIGAURA NO ZU) AND KASUMIGASEKI


two woodblock prints, the first, a triptych from the series Famous Places in Ise (Ise meisho), signed Hiroshige ga (on each sheet), published by Sanoya Kihei (Kikakudô); the second, a triptych from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Tôto meisho), signed Hiroshige ga (on each sheet), published by Sanoya Kibei, 1854

vertical ôban triptychs:

The First: each sheet approx. 36.8 x 25.6 cm., 14 ½  x 10 in.

The Second: each sheet approx. 37.5 x 25.7 cm., 14 3⁄4 x 10 1⁄4 in.

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Similar examples of the first triptych are in various museum collections including the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, accession no.11.27070-2.