Live Auction 13127Art of Japan
Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)
Lot 101

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)

Shono: Driving Rain (Shono, hakuu)

Closed8 December 2016

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GBP 22,500

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Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)
Shono: Driving Rain (Shono, hakuu)
A fine, early impression from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi), also known as the First Tokaido or Great Tokaido, woodblock print on paper, signed Hiroshige ga, published by Takenouchi Magohachi (Hoeido), circa 1833-34
Horizontal oban (24.7 x 37.3 cm.)

Specialist note

For another impression in the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number JP516, go to:
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/36967

For another impression in The Edo-Tokyo Museum, number 25.1 *37.1 *, go to:
https://digitalmuseum.rekibun.or.jp/app/collection/detail?ss=01=1000200=2000220=0108100046