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HIROSHIGE Ando
FICHE 19250
(1797 - 1858)
Awa Province: Naruto Whirlpools (Awa, Naruto no fûha)
Woodblock print
1855
Impression on Japan paper, signed Hiroshige hitsu, plate 55 from the series Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces [of Japan] ([Dai Nihon] Rokujûyoshû meisho zue), published by Koshimuraya Heisuke.
Sheet: vertical ôban (360 x 243 mm)
Reference: a proof is preserved in the MFA of Boston.
Condition: laid on Japan paper, paperloss of 4 mm on the right and upper part of the sheet, censors' seals cut off.
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