
The Sokolov Collection
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May 28, 02:14 PM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
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The Sokolov Collection
Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)
Morning Glories, Umbrella, and White Rooster
Edo period, 19th century
woodblock print, signed Hiroshige hitsu, sealed Ichiryusai, published by Sanoya Kihei (Kikakudo), circa early 1830s
Otanzaku:
36.7 x 17 cm.
Christie's, New York, Fine and Important Japanese Prints from the Collection of the Late Werner Schindler, 22 April 1987.
The poem has been translated by John T. Carpenter:
Nakeba koso
wakere o oshime
tori no ne no
kikoenu sato no
akatsuki kana
When the cock crows
it means we must part,
where, at the crack of dawn,
roosters cannot be heard!
The first edition of this print, as here, has the Ichiryusai seal of Hiroshige below the signature. The second edition has the seal of the publisher Kikakudo instead. For another impression of the first edition in the collection of The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, accession no. 21.7921, go to: https://collections.mfa.org/objects/235537. For an impression of the second edition in the collection of The Tokyo National Museum, object no. A-10569_860, go to: https://webarchives.tnm.jp/imgsearch/show/C0015389
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