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WOODBLOCK PRINTS 140
Various Properties ANDO HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)
Edo period (1615-1868), circa 1841
139 An oban yoko-e print of Inokashira no Ike Benzaiten no Yashiro no kei
ANDO HIROSHIGE (1797-1858) (Benten Shrine, Inokashira Pond) from the series Meisho Setsugekka
Edo period (1615-1868), circa 1849-1850 (Famous Views of Snow, Moon and Flowers), showing two pilgrims
An oban yoko-e print of Mariko from the Reisho Tokaido series, approaching the small shrine, crossing a snow-covered bridge over
a snow scene with a village of small houses beside a tree-clad a pond, publisher’s seal Marujin of Maruya Jinpachi, censor’s seal
escarpment with low hills in the distance, publisher’s seal Marusei of Tanaka, signed Hiroshige ga; collector’s seal of Henri Vever on recto.
Maruya Seijiro, censor’s seals Mera and Watanabe, signed Hiroshige 24.2cm x 36.7cm (9½in x 14½in).
ga; collector’s seal of Huguette Berès on verso.
23.7cm x 35.9cm (9 3/8in x 14in). £2,000 - 3,000
JPY280,000 - 410,000
£2,000 - 3,000 US$2,500 - 3,700
JPY280,000 - 410,000
US$2,500 - 3,700 Provenance:
Henri Vever collection,
Provenance: sold at Sotheby’s, London, 30 October 1997, lot 181.
Huguette Berès collection,
sold at Sotheby’s, Paris, 27 November 2002, lot 138. Published:
Jack Hiller, Japanese Prints and Drawings from the Vever Collection,
London, Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1976, vol.III, p.950, no.926.

A print from the set of three views based on the classical concept
of Snow, Moon and Flowers, the other two being ‘Autumn moon at
Takanawa’ and ‘Flowering cherries at Koganei’.

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