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KITAGAWA UTAMARO I (1750S–1806)
OSOME OF THE OIL SHOP AND THE APPRENTICE
HISAMATSU (ABURAYA OSOME, DETCHI
HISAMATSU)
KATSUKAWA SHUNSHO (1726–1792)
AN ACTOR IN AN ONNAGATA ROLE
EDO PERIOD, LATE 18 TH CENTURY
初代 喜多川歌麿（1750年頃– 1806）、油屋お染 丁稚久
松、勝川春章（1726 – 1792）、女形役者図、江戸時代、18
世紀後期
the first: woodblock print, signed Utamaro hitsu, circa 1798–99
the second: woodblock print, signed Shunsho ga, circa 1770s–90s
vertical aiban and vertical hosoban:
(2)
35 x 24.8 cm., 13¾ x 9¾ in. and 29.3 x 14.8 cm., 11½ x 5⅞ in.
† £ 4,000-6,000
€ 4,700-7,100 US$ 5,300-8,000

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KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849)
A WAYSIDE SCENE (OJI)
EDO PERIOD, 19 TH CENTURY
葛飾北斎（1760 – 1849）、王子、江戸時代、19世紀
woodblock print, sealed, circa 1801-04
horizontal oban:
27 x 39 cm., 10⅝ x 15⅜ in.
For an impression, signed Hokusai but without seal, in the Art
Institute Chicago, accession number 1925.3204, go to: https://
www.artic.edu/

‡ £ 4,500-5,000
€ 5,300-5,900 US$ 6,000-6,700

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UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE I (1797–1858)
MIYA: FESTIVAL OF THE ATSUTA SHRINE (MIYA,
ATSUTA SHINJI)
EDO PERIOD, 19 TH CENTURY
初代 歌川広重（1797 – 1858）、東海道五十三次之内
宮 熱田神事、江戸時代、19世紀
woodblock print, from the series Fifty-three stations of the
Tokaido Road (Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi), signed Hiroshige
ga and published by Takenouchi Magohachi and Tsuruya Kiemon
(Hoeido/Senkakudo), circa 1833–34
horizontal oban:
25 x 38 cm., 9⅞ x 15 in.
For an impression in the British Museum, accession number
11.23099, go to: https://www.mfa.org/collections/search
And for another in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York,
accession number JP2877, go to: https://www.metmuseum.org/
art/collection
‡ £ 3,000-4,000
€ 3,550-4,700 US$ 4,000-5,300
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