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PROPERTY FROM THE SPRINGFIELD MUSEUMS
(LOTS 24-83)

43 UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)

A set of three bird and flower
prints

Woodblock prints, each signed Hiroshige hitsu,
circa 1832, comprising: 44 UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE II (1826-1869)
1) A blue bird on a maple brench
2) A kingfisher hovers over bellflowers Nikko Kirifuri no taki (Kirifuri
3) A swallows between clematis EXHIBITED: Waterfall at Nikko)
Vertical sanchogake: 9√ x 4æ in. (25.1 x 12.1 “Ukiyo-e from The Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield,
cm.) each approx. (3) MA”, exh. cat. p. 63, no. 109, exhibited at the following Woodblock print, from the series Shokoku
venues: meisho hyakkei (One hundred famous views
$5,000-7,000 Itabashi Art Museum, Tokyo, 4 June-3 July, 1994 in the various provinces), signed Hiroshige ga,
Otani Memorial Art Museum, Nishinomiya City, Hyogo
published Uoya Eikichi, 10th month 1859
Prefecture, 16 July-21 August, 1994
PROVENANCE: Vertical oban: (35.9 x 24.5 cm.) PROVENANCE:
Yokkaichi Municipal Museum, Mie Prefecture, 1 September-4
Raymond A. Bidwell (1876-1954), Springfield, Raymond A. Bidwell (1876-1954), Springfield,
October, 1994
Massachusetts $4,000-6,000 Massachusetts