Lot 59
Lot 59
Fireworks at Ryogoku, from the series One Hundred Views of Famous Places of Edo

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797 - 1858)

    Price Realised GBP 4,000
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    Fireworks at Ryogoku, from the series One Hundred Views of Famous Places of Edo

    Utagawa Hiroshige (1797 - 1858)

    Price Realised GBP 4,000
    Price Realised GBP 4,000
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    A PRIVATE COLLECTION OF PRINTS FROM THE SERIES 100 VIEWS OF FAMOUS PLACES OF EDO

    Utagawa Hiroshige (1797 - 1858)
    Ryogoku hanabi [Fireworks at Ryogoku] from the series Meisho Edo hyakkei [One Hundred Views of Famous Places of Edo]

    Woodblock print, signed Hiroshige ga, published by Uoya Eikichi, 8th month 1858
    Vertical oban (36.6 x 24.5cm.)
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    For another impression in the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, see www.mfa.org accession number 21.9500, and another in the Tokyo National Museum go to http://webarchives.tnm.jp/imgsearch/show/C0080802

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