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HIROSHIGE Ando
FICHE 20218
(1797 - 1858)
Shimôsa Province: Chôshi Beach, Toura (Shimôsa, Chôshi no hama, Toura)
Woodblock print
1853
Impression on Japan paper, signed Hiroshige hitsu, plate 20 from the series Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces [of Japan] ([Dai Nihon] Rokujûyoshû meisho zue), published by Koshimuraya Heisuke. Censors' seals Kinugasa, Murata.
Sheet: ôban (355 x 241 mm)
Reference: a proof is preserved in the MFA of Boston.
Condition: laid on Japan paper, upper margin partially cut off.
1100 €
