Japanese Woodblock Prints | Including the Sokolov Collection

Japanese Woodblock Prints | Including the Sokolov Collection

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Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) Kambara: Night Snow (Kambara, yoru no yuki), Edo period, 19th century

Lot Closed

May 28, 01:09 PM GMT

Estimate

24,000 - 28,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)

Kambara: Night Snow (Kambara, yoru no yuki)

Edo period, 19th century


woodblock print, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi), signed Hiroshige ga, censor's seal kiwame, published by Takenouchi Magohachi (Hoeido), circa 1833-34

Horizontal oban

35.2 x 37.9 cm. 

The same print is in numerous museum collections, including The Metropolitan Museum of Art (The MET), accession number JP2866, The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston,  accession number 11.30429, and The British Museum, museum number 1906,1220,0.785.