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UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858) UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)
Mama no momiji, Tekona no yashiro Tsugihashi (Red maples Asakusa tanbo Torinomachi mode (Asakusa Ricefields and
at Mama and the Tekona Shrine) Torinomachi Festival)
Woodblock print, from the series Meisho Edo hyakkei (One hundred Woodblock print, from the series Meisho Edo hyakkei (One hundred
famous views of Edo), signed Hiroshige ga, published by Uoya Eikichi, famous views of Edo), signed Hiroshige ga, published by Uoya Eikichi,
1st month 1857 11th month 1857
Vertical oban: 14Ω x 9√ in. (36.8 x 25.1 cm.) Vertical oban: 14¿ x 9æ in. (35.9 x 24.8 cm.)
$3,000-5,000 $8,000-12,000

Resting on a window ledge, a white cat gazes out through a
barred window over the Asakusa rice-fields below. A flock of
birds descend towards Mount Fuji in the southwest and a long
silhouetted line of a festival procession extends across the paddies.
Here was the sight of Otori Shrine, worshipped particularly by
the commoner class in the Edo period for commercial favour and
fortune, and communally celebrated in the Torinomachi festival in
November.

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UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858) UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)
Ayasegawa Kanegafuchi (Ayase River and Kanegafuchi) Atagoshita Yabukoji (Atagoshita and Yabu Lane)
Woodblock print, from the series Meisho Edo hyakkei (One hundred Woodblock print, from the series Meisho Edo hyakkei (One hundred
famous views of Edo), signed Hiroshige ga, published by Uoya Eikichi, famous views of Edo), signed Hiroshige ga, published by Uoya Eikichi,
7th month 1857 12th month 1857
Vertical oban: 14¬ x 9√ in. (37.1 x 25.1 cm.) Vertical oban: 14¿ x 9¡ in. (35.9 x 23.8 cm.)

$1,500-2,000 $2,000-3,000