UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797–1858)

Name: Two Prints from the Series the Sixty-Nine Stations of the Kisokaido Road
Brand: UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797–1858)
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Two Prints from the Series the Sixty-Nine Stations of the Kisokaido Road

UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797–1858)

Price Realised GBP 1,500

Closed: 28 Jun 2016

Price Realised GBP 1,500

Closed: 28 Jun 2016

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Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858)
Two prints from the series The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido Road
No. 70, Otsu
No. 30, Shimosuwa

Two woodblock prints, both from the series The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido Road (Kisokaido rokujukyu tsugi no uchi), both signed Hiroshige ga, published by Iseya Rihei (Kinjudo), circa 1835–38
Both horizontal oban (24.7 x 36.5cm.) and (24.9 x 37.5cm.) respectively

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This set was started by Eisen and published by Hoeido in 1835, however in 1837 Hiroshige took over the project, working with the publisher Iseiri (Kinjudo).

The first print is the final view of the Kisokaido set and shows Otsu, the last station before Kyoto. The many shop signs lining each side of the street are decorated with characters representing the name of Hiroshige and the publisher, Iseya Rihei (Kinjudo), presumably in celebration of the completion of the series. See Sebastian Izzard, , (New York, 2007), p.156.

The second design shows travellers eating an evening meal at an inn in the hot springs of Shimosuwa. The woman of the house is serving them rice whilst another guest can be seen in a bath to the left. It has been suggested that the figure seated with his back to the viewer is in fact Hiroshige himself. See Sebastian Izzard, , (New York, 2007), p. 74

For four different impressions of the first in the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, go to:
http://www.mfa.org/collections/search?search_api_views_fulltext=21.5223

For another impression of the second in the Tokyo National Museum, go to:
http://webarchives.tnm.jp/imgsearch/show/C0007251