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PROPERTY FROM THE SPRINGFIELD MUSEUMS
(LOTS 24-83)

36 UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)

Buyo Kanazawa hassho yakei
(Eight night views of Kanazawa,

Musashi Province)

Woodblock prints, triptych, signed Hiroshige
hitsu and sealed Ichiryusai on the left sheet,
published by Okazawaya Taheiji, 7th month
1857
Vertical oban triptych: 14¬ x 9√ in. (37.1 x 25.1
cm.) each approx. (3)

$20,000-30,000

PROVENANCE:
Raymond A. Bidwell (1876-1954), Springfield,
Massachusetts

EXHIBITED:
“Ukiyo-e from The Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield,
MA”, exh. cat. p. 60-61, no. 99, exhibited at the following
venues:
Itabashi Art Museum, Tokyo, 4 June-3 July, 1994
Otani Memorial Art Museum, Nishinomiya City, Hyogo
Prefecture, 16 July-21 August, 1994
Yokkaichi Municipal Museum, Mie Prefecture, 1 September-4
October, 1994