Japanese Watercolor. HIROSHIGE, Utagawa Ando. 1797–1858Couple of fishes. Edo period, half of the XIXth century.Polychrome woodcut on double leaf mm 238x350. Good condition.

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Famous masterpiece of Uozukushi, ‘Any kind of fish’ one of the favorite subjects of Japanese sea.Utagawa Hiroshige, also Andō Hiroshige, was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist, considered the last great master of that tradition. Hiroshige is best known for his landscapes, such as the series The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō and The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kiso Kaidō; and for his depictions of birds and fishes.