Page 104 - Christies Japanese and Korean Art Sept 22 2020 NYC

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KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849)
Echizen Fukui no hashi (Fukui Bridge in Echizen Province)
Woodblock print, from the series Shokoku meisho kiran (Remarkable
views of bridges in various provinces), signed saki no Hokusai Iitsu
hitsu, published by Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudo), 1834
Horizontal oban: 9√ x 14¬ in. (25.1 x 37.1 cm.)
$8,000-10,000

Travellers cross the Tsukumo bridge which was famous for having
its southern half constructed of stone and its northern half of wood.
With Fukui castle on the northern side, the logic was that the wood
section could be easily destroyed to prevent an enemy's advance.
In the distance of the far bank are sheets of drying hosho paper - a
famous local product of Echizen.

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KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849)
Onmayagashi yori ryogokubashi no sekiyo o miru (Viewing
the evening sun at Ryogoku Bridge from Onmayagashi)
Woodblock print, from the series Fugaku sanjurokkei (Thirty-six
views of Mount Fuji), signed saki no Hokusai Iitsu hitsu, published by
Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudo), circa 1832
Horizontal oban: 10 x 14√ in. (25.4 x 37.8 cm.)
$15,000-20,000

The Onmaya ferry laden with passengers and luggage sets out from
Honcho on the east bank of the Sumida river with a destination
of Onmayagashi on the opposite, west bank of the river. Arching
across the river on the left is the Ryogoku Bridge, with Mount Fuji
on the horizon silhouetted against the evening sky.

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KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849)
Bushu Senju (Senju in Musashi Province)
Woodblock print, from the series Fugaku sanjurokkei (Thirty-six
Views of Mount Fuji), signed Hokusai aratame Iitsu hitsu, published by
Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudo), circa 1831
Horizontal oban: 10 x 15 in. (25.4 x 38.1 cm.)
$15,000-20,000

A traveller stops for a moment at Senju, a northern suburb of Edo,
to take in the view of Mount Fuji whilst two anglers cast their lines
in the foreground to the left.