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UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858) Travelers warming themselves at a bonfire under a large pine in the
Hamamatsu: Winter Scene desolate winter scene. Hamamatsu in Shizuoka Prefecture, is the
twenty-ninth station of the Tokaido. While important landmarks
Woodblock print, from the series Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi (The Hamamatsu Castle and Zazanza Pine Trees are distantly depicted,
fifty-three stations of the Tokaido), signed Hiroshige ga, published by
the plume of smoke and the stiff pine trunk at the center dominate
Takenouchi Magohachi (Hoeido), 1833–34
the composition of this work.
Horizontal oban: 10 x 11º in. (25.4 x 38.6 cm.)
$6,000-8,000