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HIROSHIGE Ando
FICHE 20699
(1797 - 1858)
No. 9, Ôiso: Saigyô's Hermitage at Snipe Marsh (Ôiso, Shigitatsusawa Saigyô-an)
Woodblock print
1855
Fine 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. Censors' seals aratame, hare 7.
Sheet: ôban (358 x 245 mm)
Reference: a proof is preserved in the MFA of Boston.
Condition: laid on Japan paper, otherwise in good condition.
900 €
