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UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)
AND KEISAI EISEN (1790-1848)
Edo period (1615-1868), circa 1830-1842
20 oban yoko-e prints: two prints, Yui, Satta mine (Satta Pinnacle,
Yui) and Shimada, Oigawa sungan (Suruga Bank of the Oi River at
Shimada) from the Hoeido Tokaido gojusantsugi (53 Stations on the
Tokaido Road) series by Hiroshige, both published by Takenouchi
Magohachi, signed Hiroshige ga; 16 prints from the series known as
Uozukushi (An Assortment of Fishes) by Hiroshige, two of katsuo and
sakura (bonito and cherries), two of Ise-ebi and shiba-ebi (lobster and
two shrimps), one of shimadai, ainame and nanten (spotted bream,
rock trout and nandina), two prints of tai and sansho (seabream and
Japanese pepper), one of amadai, ishimochi and wasabi (tilefish,
ishimochi and wasabi), one of akodai and sasa (red seabream and
bamboo grass), two of suzuki, kinmedai and shiso (seabass, gold-eyed
bream and perilla), one of bora, tsubaki and udo (grey mullet, camellia
and udo), one of kochi and nasu (two flatheads and an eggplant), one
of awabi, sayori and momo (abalone, halfbeak and peach blossom),
one of hirame, mebaru and sakura (flounder, rockfish and cherry
blossom) and one of tobiuo, ishimochi and yuri (flying fish, croaker and
lily), together with a facsimile of a black seabream, two small seabream
and a Japanese pepper, variously published and variously signed;
the last print by Eisen of Godo, Nagaegawa ukaibune (Cormorant
Fishing Boats on the Nagae River, Godo), from the series Kiso kaido
rokujukyutsugi (69 Stations of the Kisokaido Road), no publisher’s seal,
unsigned; some mounted on card or paper.
The smallest: 23.8cm x 36.4cm (9 3/8in x 14 3/8in);
the largest: 26.1cm x 37.8cm (10¼in x 14 7/8in). (20).
£3,000 - 5,000
JPY400,000 - 660,000
US$3,700 - 6,200
Provenance:
The ‘Yui’: sold at Sotheby’s London, 18 July 1984, lot 911.
The ‘Shimada’: T. Sakai Gallery, Tokyo.
The ‘bonito and cherries’: M. Nakazawa, Tokyo.
The ‘lobster and two shrimps’ (one mounted on card):
sold at Sotheby’s London, 26 April 1984, lot 108.
The ‘seabream and Japanese pepper’ (one with better colour):
sold at Sotheby’s London, 26 April 1984, lot 110.
The ‘two flatheads and an eggplant’: sold at Sotheby’s London,
26 April 1984, lot 109.

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