Miyagi Gengyo (1817-1880) | Picture of a Balloon (Fusen zu) | Edo period, 19th century

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Lot Details

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Miyagi Gengyo (1817-1880)

Picture of a Balloon (Fusen zu)

Edo period, 19^th century

woodblock print, from the series Camera Views (Shashinkyo), signed Baisotei Giboku, censor's seal aratame, published by Kagiya Shobei, 1^st month 1861

Vertical oban: 35.9 x 25 cm., 14⅛ x 9⅞ in.

This lot has been professionally mounted for exhibition, there is residue tape to the reverse.

For a similar impression of the same print in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (The MET), accession number JP3367, go to:

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/60026682