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UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE I (1797–1858) UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE I (1797–1858)
NIHONBASHI: MORNING SCENE A COMPLETE SET OF THIRTY-SIX
(NIHONBASHI, ASA NO KEI) VIEWS OF MT. FUJI (FUJI SANJÛ-
EDO PERIOD, 19 TH CENTURY ROKKEI)
EDO PERIOD, 19 TH CENTURY
woodblock print: ink and colour on paper,
from the series Fifty-three Stations of the woodblock prints: ink and colour on paper,
Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsugi no signed Hiroshige ga, published by Tsutaya
uchi), also known as the First Tôkaidô or Kichizô (Kôeidô), censor’s seal Horse 4, 1858
Great Tôkaidô, signed Hiroshige ga, published
by Takenouchi Magohachi (Hoeidô) and All vertical ôban:
Tsuruya Kiemon (Senkakudô), censor’s seal each approx. 35.5 x 23.8 cm., 14 x 9⅜ in.
(37)
kiwame, circa 1833–34
Horizontal ôban: ‡ £ 40,000-60,000
24.7 x 36 cm., 9¾ x 14⅛ in. € 44,900-67,500 US$ 49,700-74,500
The same print is in numerous museum
collections including the Museum of Fine
Arts, Boston, accession no. 11.23079, the
Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession no.
JP471, and the British Museum, accession no.
1906,1220,0.765
‡ £ 2,000-3,000
€ 2,250-3,400 US$ 2,500-3,750

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