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HIROSHIGE Ando

FICHE 11432

(1797 - 1858)

Shitaya Hirokôji

from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)

 

woodcut in colours (nishiki-e)

1856

A Hiroshige ga signed impression, published by Uoya Eikichi, censor's seals aratame, dragon 9 (half cut off of this impression). Hiroshige depicts the Hirokôji shopping street, with, in the forground, a shop selling silk fabrics and, behind, a hairdressing salon (red coat of arms). A procession of women with umbrellas, followed by porters and three samlurai, goes to the Kan'eiji Monastery, whose dark wall is seen at the end of the street.

Sheet: ôban (about 355 x 245 mm.)

References : M. Ouspenski n° 13, several impressions are preserved in the MFA of Boston. 

Condition: impression laid on strong Japan paper. 

900 €