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HIROSHIGE Ando
FICHE 19960
(1797 - 1858)
No. 5, Hodogaya: Distant View of the Kamakura Mountains from the Boundary Tree Posthouse (Hodogaya, Kyôboku tateba Kamakurayama enbô)
Woodcut in colours
1855
Impression on Japan paper, signed Hiroshige hitsu, from the series Famous Sights of the Fifty-three Stations (Gojûsan tsugi meisho zue), also known as the Vertical Tôkaidô, published by Tsutaya Kichizô. Censor's seals aratame, hare 7.
Sheet: ôban (359 x 247 mm)
Reference: a proof is preserved in the MFA of Boston.
Condition: slightly light-staining, small binding holes in the left margin, otherwise generally in good condition.
1200 €
