Page 73 - Asian Art December 2017 Lempertz (German Text)

JAPAN

161
Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)

Album of ôban format with the comple-
te set of 55 woodblock prints of Gojûsan
tsugi meisho zue. Prints arranged in nu-
merical order, each with the name of the
station in the upper margin transcribed
in pencil. Signed: Hiroshige hitsu.
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô. Censor:
aratame. Dates: VII and VIII/1855.
In leather-clad cassette.
Provenance
Former collection of tea dealer Carl
Wagner (1850-1913) purchased in Tokyo
in 1875
€ 8.000 – 12.000

161 (part lot)

72