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UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)
Edo period (1615-1868), circa 1857
An oban tate-e print of Oji Shozoku enoki omisoka no kitsune bi
(Foxfires on New Year’s Eve at the Shozoku Hackberry Tree, Oji), from
the series Meisho Edo Hyakkei (100 Famous Views of Edo), depicting
foxes of the Kanto region congregating at New Year’s Eve beneath the
ancient enoki (hackberry tree) before paying their respects to their fox
patrons in the large Inari shrine at Oji, published by Uoya Eikichi, with
censor’s seal aratame, date seal snake 9 (1857), signed Hiroshige ga;
mounted onto card.
35.7cm x 23.3cm (14in x 9 1/8in).

£2,000 - 3,000
JPY300,000 - 450,000 247
US$2,800 - 4,200

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UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)
Edo period (1615-1868), circa 1857
An oban tate-e print of Atagoshita Yabukoji (Bamboo Grove Lane,
Atagoshita), from the series Meisho Edo hyakkei (100 Famous Views
of Edo), depicting figures with umbrellas trudging along a snow-laden
street, published by Uoya Eikichi, signed Hiroshige ga; mounted onto
card. 39.2cm x 26.5cm (15 3/8in x 10½in).

£1,500 - 2,000
JPY230,000 - 300,000
US$2,100 - 2,800

Provenance
Sold at Sotheby’s, London, 26 April 1984, Lot 186.

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