Online Auction 18945From Artist to Woodblock: Japanese Prints
UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)UTAGAWA KUNISADA (1786-1864)
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UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)UTAGAWA KUNISADA (1786-1864)

Elegant Genji at the Salt Kilns at Suma (Furyu Genji Suma no Shiogama)

Closed18 June 2020

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UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)
UTAGAWA KUNISADA (1786-1864)
Elegant Genji at the Salt Kilns at Suma (Furyu Genji Suma no Shiogama)
Woodblock print
Right and centre sheet signed Hiroshige hitsu, left sheet Toyokuni ga
Published by Iseya Kanekichi, 12th month 1853
Vertical oban triptych:
Left sheet: 37 x 25.2 cm. (14 5/8 x 10 in.)
Centre sheet: 37.1 x 25.3 cm. (14 5/8 x 10 in.)
Right sheet: 37 x 25.5 cm. (14 5/8 x 10 in.)
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Specialist note

Prince Genji speaks with a fisherwoman while enjoying the scenery of Shiogama. This print is from a group of collaborative triptychs produced in the 1850s by Hiroshige and Kunisada, Kunisada designing the figures and Hiroshige the landscapes.

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