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HIROSHIGE Ando
FICHE 19059
(1797 - 1858)
Kuwana: Shichiri Crossing (Kuwana, Shichiri watashiguchi)
Woodblock print
circa 1833 - 1834
Fine impression on Japan paper, signed Hiroshige ga, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsugi no uchi), also known as the First Tôkaidô or Great Tôkaidô, published by Takenouchi Magohachi. Censor's seal kiwame (partially cut off).
Sheet: ôban (239 x 362 mm)
Reference: a proof is preserved in the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.
Condition: fold in the middle, soilings.
750 €
