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UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE I (1797–1858) UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE I (1797–1858)
MAPLE TREES AT MAMA, TEKONA NEW YEAR’S EVE FOXFIRES AT THE
SHRINE AND LINKED BRIDGE CHANGING TREE (OJI SHOZOKU-
(MAMA NO MOMIJI TEKONA NO ENOKI OMISOKA NO KITSUNEBI)
YASHIRO TSUGIHASHI) EDO PERIOD, 19 TH CENTURY
EDO PERIOD, 19 TH CENTURY 初代 歌川広重（1797 – 1858）、名所江戸
初代 歌川広重（1797 – 1858）、名所江戸 百景 王子装束ゑの木 大晦日の狐火、江戸
百景 真間の紅葉 手古那の社 継はし、江 時代、19世紀
戸時代、19世紀
woodblock print, from the series, Hundred
woodblock print, from the series One Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei),
Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo signed Hiroshige ga, published by Uoya Eikichi,
hyakkei), signed Hiroshige ga, published by circa 1857
Uoya Eikichi, sealed aratame, 1857 vertical oban:
35.5 x 24.5 cm., 14 x 9¾ in.
vertical oban:
35.5 x 24.5 cm., 13⅝ x 9¾ in. For an impression in the collection of the
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, accession
21 For an impression in the collection of the number 11.2212, go to: https://www.mfa.org/
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, accession collections/search
number 11.26346, go to: https://www.mfa.
org/collections/search And for another in the Metropolitan Museum of
Art, New York, accession number JP1470, go to:
‡ £ 5,000-8,000 https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection
€ 5,900-9,400 US$ 6,700-10,600
‡ £ 4,500-5,000
€ 5,300-5,900 US$ 6,000-6,700
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MINOWA, KANASUGI, MIKAWASHIMA UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE I (1797–1858)
EDO PERIOD, 19 TH CENTURY
THE PLUM GARDEN, KAMEIDO
初代 歌川広重（1797 – 1858）、名所江戸 (KAMEIDO UMEYASHIKI)
百景 蓑輪 金杉 三河しま、江戸時代、19 EDO PERIOD, 19 TH CENTURY
世紀
初代 歌川広重（1797 – 1858）、名所江戸
woodblock print, from the series One 百景 亀戸梅屋舗、江戸時代、19世紀
Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo
hyakkei), signed Hiroshige ga, published by woodblock print, from the series One Hundred
Uoya Eikichi, sealed aratame, 1857 Views of Famous Places of Edo (Meisho Edo
hyakkei), signed Hiroshige ga, published by
22 vertical oban: Uoya Eikichi, sealed aratame, 1857
36.5 x 24 cm., 14⅜ x 9½ in.
vertical oban:
For an impression in the collection of the 36.5 x 25.5 cm., 14¼ x 10 in.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, accession Umeyashiki is the name of a plum garden on
number 49.617, go to: https://www.mfa.org/ the banks of the Sumida River in Edo (present
collections/search Tokyo), which drew large numbers of visitors
to enjoy the view and scent of the blossoming
‡ £ 3,000-4,000 trees in early spring. This print was famously
€ 3,550-4,700 US$ 4,000-5,300
imitated by the Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh
(1853–1890), producing his own version
Flowering Plum Orchard (after Hiroshige), 1887,
now in the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam,
accession number s0115V1962, go to: https://
www.vangoghmuseum.nl/en/collection/
s0115V1962?v=1
For an impression in the Tokyo National Museum,
accession number C0028327, go to: http://
webarchives.tnm.jp/imgsearch/show/C0028327
And for another in the British Museum, accession
number 1948,0410,0.65, go to: http://www.
britishmuseum.org/research.aspx
23 ‡ £ 20,000-25,000
€ 23,500-29,400 US$ 26,500-33,100

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