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Utagawa HIROSHIGE (1797-1858): The Fifty-three Famous Views of the Tôkaidô

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Utagawa HIROSHIGE (1797-1858): The Fifty-three Famous Views of the Tôkaidô
Utagawa HIROSHIGE (1797-1858): The Fifty-three Famous Views of the Tôkaidô
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  • Artist: Utagawa HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)
  • Title: The Fifty-three Famous Views of the Tôkaidô
  • Series: Station no. #37: Akasaka
  • Publisher: Tsuta-ya Kichizô
  • Date: 7th month, 1855
  • Medium: woodblock print
  • Size/Format: oban tate-e (c. 13 7/8" x 9 1/2")
  • Description: Print no. 37 from the so-called "Upright Tokaido" series. - The road, with signposts and tall pine trees, winds through rice-fields to the distant village at right. In the foreground, a man is beating a lad with a stick. Above is the crescent moon. - The translation of the text in the yellow cartouche is as follows: "Yajirô beats Kitahachi on Nawate street, taking him for a fox." - The two characters are the protagonists of the picaresque novel by Juppensha Ikku, Tôkaidôchû hizakurige ('On a Shoemaker's Pony along the Tôkaidô'), published in 1802). This novel tells of the comical adventures the two fools encountered during their travels along the Tôkaidô road.
  • Condition: Very good impression and color; a faint, inconspicuous, horizontal centerfold mark; two tiny pieces of backing paper at the reverse side margins, else in fine condition.

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