Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) | Six woodblock prints from the series Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces (Rokujuyoshu meisho zue) | Edo period, 19th century
19.12.2023 13:00UTC +00:00
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| Event location | United Kingdom, London |
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ID 1122327
Lot 48 | Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) | Six woodblock prints from the series Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces (Rokujuyoshu meisho zue) | Edo period, 19th century
Estimate value
£ 5 000 – 7 000
Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)
Six woodblock prints from the series Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces (Rokujuyoshu meisho zue)
Edo period, 19th century
each a woodblock print, from the series Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces (Rokujuyoshu meisho zue), signed Hiroshige hitsu (Brush of Hiroshige), censor’s seal aratame (certified), published by Koshimuraya Heisuke, and comprising:
- Kawachi Province: Mount Otoko in Hirakata (Kawachi, Hirakata, Otokoyama), 7th month 1853
- Kai Province: Monkey Bridge (Kai, Saruhashi), 8th month 1853
- Hida Province: Basket Ferry (Hida, Kagowatashi), 8th month 1853
- Higo Province: Gokanosho (Higo, Gokanosho), 3rd month 1856
- Hyuga Province: Aburatsu Port, Obi Pshima (Hyuga, Aburatsu no minato, Obi Oshima), 3rd month 1856
- Tsushima Province: A Fine Evening on the Coast (Tsushima, Kaigan yubare), 3rd month 1856
Each vertical oban:
36.5 x 24.7 cm., 14⅜ x 9¾ in. (the first)
36.6 x 25.7 cm., 14⅜ x 10⅛ in. (the second)
36.6 x 25.6 cm., 14⅜ x 10⅛ in. (the third)
36.7 x 25.2 cm.,14⅜ x 9⅞ in. (the fourth)
35.2 x 23.4 cm., 13 7/8 x 9¼ in. (the fifth)
35.6 x 25.1 cm., 14 x 9⅞ in. (the sixth)
| Historical era: | Edo period |
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| Auction house category: | Old Art Paintings - Drawings - Graphics |
| Historical era: | Edo period |
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| Auction house category: | Old Art Paintings - Drawings - Graphics |
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