Name: Three woodblock prints from the series One Hundred Views of Famous Places of Edo
Brand: Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)
Price: 2000.00 GBP
Availability: SoldOut

A PRIVATE COLLECTION OF PRINTS FROM THE SERIES 100 VIEWS OF FAMOUS PLACES OF EDO

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)
Three woodblock prints from the series Meisho Edo hyakkei [One Hundred Views of Famous Places of Edo], each published by Uoya Eikichi:

Teppozu Inaribashi Minato Jinja [Inari Bridge and Minato Shrine, Teppozu], signed Hiroshige ga, 2nd month 1857
Yotsugi-dori yosui hikifune [Towboats along the Yotsugi-dori Canal], signed Hiroshige ga, 2nd month 1857
Konodai Tonegawa fukei [View of Konodai and the Tone River], signed Hiroshige ga, 5th month 1856
All vertical oban (37 x 24.5cm.), (36.5 x 24.8cm.) and (36.6 x 24.8cm.) respectively

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Lot Essay

For another impression of the first and the second in the British Museum, see www.britishmuseum.org museum numbers 1906,1220,0.696 and 1915,0823,0.693 respectively.

For another impression of the third in the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, see www.mfa.org accession number 21.9498.

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