Online Auction 13380From Artist to Woodblock: Japanese Prints from 18th to 20th Century
Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858)
Lot 24

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858)

Snow at Zojo-ji Temple

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Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858)
Snow at Zojo-ji Temple
Snow at Zojo-ji Temple in Shiba (Shiba Zojoji setchu), from the series Three Views of Famous Places in Edo (Edo meisho mittsu no nagame)

Woodblock print, signed Hiroshige ga, published by Uoya Eikichi, circa 1840-42
Horizontal oban (23.9 x 36.2cm.)

Specialist note

This rare design depicts the Zojo-ji temple in Edo (Tokyo) which became one of the family temples of the Tokugawa family from the beginning of the Edo period during the early years of the 17th century.

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