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UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858) UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)
Edo period (1615-1868), circa 1857 Edo Period (1615-1868), early 1830s
An oban tate-e print of Asakusa tanbo Torinomachi mode (Asakusa An oban yoko-e print of Kambara yoru no yuki (Evening Snow,
Rice Field and Torinomachi Festival), from the series Meisho Edo Kambara), from the Hoeido Tokaido gojusantsugi (53 Stations on the
hyakkei (100 Famous Views of Edo), depicting a seated cat overlooking Tokaido Road) series, showing travellers trudging in deep snow up an
rice-fields and Mount Fuji through the latticed window of the upstairs incline past a village with hills in the distance, published by Takenouchi
room of a brothel at the Yoshiwara, a throng of people returning from Magohachi, with censor’s seal kiwame, signed Hiroshige ga; mounted
the Torinomachi Festival in the nearby Washi Daimyojin Shrine in the onto card. 24.5cm x 37.2cm (9 5/8in x 14 5/8in).
field below, published by Uoya Eikichi, with censor’s seal aratame, date
seal snake 11 (1857), signed Hiroshige ga; framed and glazed. £3,000 - 5,000
35.8cm x 24.3cm (14 1/8in x 9 5/8in). JPY450,000 - 740,000
US$4,000 - 6,600
£2,000 - 3,000
JPY300,000 - 450,000
US$2,600 - 4,000

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