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HIROSHIGE Ando
FICHE 15678
(1797 - 1858)
No. 22, Okabe: The Narrow Ivy-Covered Road at Mt. Utsu (Okabe, Utsu no yama tsuta no hosomichi)
Woodblock print
1855
Fine impression on Japan paper with margins, 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: vertical ôban (365 x 245 mm)
Reference: a proof is preserved in the MFA of Boston.
Condition: small binding holes in the right margin.
1400 €
