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UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)
Edo period (1615-1868), circa 1832-47
Three oban yoko-e prints from the series Toto meisho (Famous Places
in the Eastern Capital); the first of Shiba Akabane no yuki (Snow over
Akabane Shrine and the Moat), censor’s nanushi seal Tanaka, 25.7cm
x 37.8cm (10 1/8in x 14 7/8in); the second of Eitaibashi Fukagawa
shinchi (The Eitai Bridge, Fukagawa Reclaimed Land), censor’s seal
kiwame, 25.5cm x 37.8cm (10in x 14 7/8in); the last of Yoshiwara
Nakanocho, Yozakura (Cherry Blossoms at Yoshiwara at Night),
censor’s seal kiwame, 26.1cm x 37.3cm (10¼in x 14 5/8in);
all published by Sanoya Kihei, signed Hiroshige ga,
all mounted onto card.

245 £1,500 - 1,800
JPY230,000 - 270,000
US$2,100 - 2,500

Provenance
The first (Akabane) and the third (Yoshiwara) sold at Sotheby’s,
London, 26 April 1984, respectively Lots 161, 158.
The second (Eitai), sold at Sotheby’s, London, 18 July 1984, Lot 907.

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UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)
Edo period (1615-1868), circa 1857
An oban tate-e print of Yoshiwara Nihonzutumi (Nihon Embankment,
Yoshiwara), from the series Meisho Edo hyakkei (100 Famous Views of
Edo), depicting pleasure seekers passing along the bank before finally
entering into the Yoshiwara pleasure district, published by Uoya Eikichi,
with censor’s seal aratame, date seal snake 4 (1857), signed Hiroshige
ga; mounted onto card.
35cm x 23.6cm (13¾in x 9½in).
£800 - 1,000
JPY120,000 - 150,000
US$1,100 - 1,400

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