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HIROSHIGE Ando
FICHE 14605
(1797 - 1858)
No. 53, Kusatsu: From Kusatsu to Yabase, a Bow and Bowstring (Kusatsu, Kusatsu kara Yabase michi no yumi to tsuru)
Woodcut in colours
1855
Impression on Japan paper, signed Hiroshige hitsu, from the series Famous Sights of the Fifty-three Stations (Gojûsan tsugi meisho zue), also known as the Vertical Tôkaidô, published by Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô). Censor's seals Aratame, Hare 7.
Sheet: ôban (365 x 235 mm.)
Reference: a proof is preserved in the MFA of Boston.
Condition: a nice impression with margins.
1600 €
