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UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858) UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)
Seta sekisho (Sunset glow at Seta) Awa, Natuto no fuha (Wind and waves at The sweeping view of the whirlpools at Naruto,
Woodblock print, from the series Omi hakkei (Eight views Naruto, Awa Province) depicting a distant view of the mountains stretched to
of Omi), signed Hiroshige ga, published by Uoya Eikichi, Woodblock print, from the series Rokujuyoshu the horizon and the foams of the famous whirlpool
rapids at Naruto in foreground. Hiroshige worked
3rd month 1857 meisho zue (Pictures of famous places in the on this subject several times including Awa Naruto
Vertical oban: 15 x 10¿ in. (38.1 x 25.7 cm.) sixty-odd provinces), signed Hiroshige hitsu, no fukei (View of the whirlpools at Naruto, Awa
published by Koshimuraya Heisuke, 9th month
$3,000-4,000 1855 province), the masterpiece triptych work from the
artis'ts last series concerning snow, moon and flowers
Vertical oban: 14¿ x 9æ in. (35.9 x 24.8 cm.) (setsugekka) published in 1857. According to Suzuki

$20,000-30,000 Juzo in Rokujuyoshu Meisho Zue by Hiroshige collected
by prof. Gerhard Pulverer (Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten,
1996), the powerful composition with perspective and
the dramatic depictions of waves and rocks shown in
this work may suggest the influence of Katsushika
Hokusai.