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UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE I (1797–1858), FOUR PRINTS: HIRATSUKA: NAWATE ROAD (HIRATSUKA, NAWATE MICHI), YUI: SATTA PEAK (YUI, SATTA MINE), OKABE: UTSU MOUNTAIN (OKABE, UTSU NO YAMA) AND HAMAMATSU: WINTER SCENE (HAMAMATSU, FUYUGARE NO ZU) | EDO PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY
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THE PROPERTY OF A EUROPEAN COLLECTOR
UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE I (1797–1858)
EDO PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY
FOUR PRINTS: HIRATSUKA: NAWATE ROAD (HIRATSUKA, NAWATE MICHI), YUI: SATTA PEAK (YUI, SATTA MINE), OKABE: UTSU MOUNTAIN (OKABE, UTSU NO YAMA) AND HAMAMATSU: WINTER SCENE (HAMAMATSU, FUYUGARE NO ZU)
four woodblock prints, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsugi no uchi), signed Hiroshige ga, the first print published by Takenouchi Magohachi (Hoeidô) and Tsuruya Kiemon (Senkakudô), the second and fourth prints published by Takenouchi Magohachi (Hoeidô), the third print published by Tsuruya Kiemon (Senkakudô), circa 1833–34 (Tenpô 4–5)
All horizontal ôban:
The First: 24.8 x 37 cm., 9 3⁄4 x 14 1⁄2 in.
The Second: 25.5 x 38 cm., 10 x 15 in.
The Third: 25.2 x 38 cm., 10 x 15 in.
The Fourth: 24.2 x 37.2 cm., 9 5⁄8 x 10 3⁄4 in.
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The first print was exhibited at Le Musée National des Arts Asiatiques - Guimet, July-October 2019
The first print is no.8, the second print is no.17, the third print is no.22 and the fourth print is no.30 in the series.
A similar example of the first print is in the collection of the Museum of Replica Handbags s, Boston, accession no.11.38926; the second print, accession no.11.26111; the third print, accession no.11.26115; the fourth print, accession no.11.23093.