Live Auction 20214Important Japanese Art
UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)
Lot 39 PROPERTY FROM THE SPRINGFIELD MUSEUMS, SOLD TO SUPPORT ART ACQUISITIONS AND COLLECTIONS CARE

UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)

Fukagawa Susaki Jumantsubo (Jumantsubo Plain at Fukagawa Susaki)

Closed21 September 2021

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UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)
Fukagawa Susaki Jumantsubo (Jumantsubo Plain at Fukagawa Susaki)
Woodblock print, from the series Meisho Edo hyakkei (One hundred famous views of Edo), signed Hiroshige ga, published by Uoya Eikichi, intercalary 5th month 1857
Vertical oban: 13 7/8 x 9 1/8 in. (35.2 x 23.2 cm.)

Raymond A. Bidwell (1876-1954), Springfield, Massachusetts

Specialist note

Jumantsubo, the Japanese equivalent of 33 hectares, was the name of an area located at the southeast of Edo. This area was reclaimed in the 1720s in order to expand the residential capacity of Edo. In this print, Hiroshige emphasizes the dramatic contrast between the flying eagle and the desolate winter landscape.