Masters of the Woodblock: Important Japanese Prints

Masters of the Woodblock: Important Japanese Prints

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The Property of an American Gentleman (Lots 38-40, All Formerly in the Collection of Frank Lloyd Wright)

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) | Shono: Driving Rain (Shono, hakuu) | Edo period, 19th century

Lot Closed

July 21, 01:38 PM GMT

Estimate

5,000 - 7,000 GBP

Lot Details

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The Property of an American Gentleman (Lots 38-40, All Formerly in the Collection of Frank Lloyd Wright)

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)

Shono: Driving Rain (Shono, hakuu)

Edo period, 19th century


woodblock print, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi), also known as the First Tokaido or Great Tokaido, signed Hiroshige ga (Pictured by Hiroshige), published by Takenouchi Magohachi (Hoeido), circa 1833-34


Horizontal oban: 23.3 x 36.5 cm., 9¼ x 14⅜ in. 

Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959)

Dr Paul F. Clark (1882-1983), and thence by descent