Utagawa Hiroshige, Falcon, pine tree and sun (Ukiyo-e woodblock print). Japan 19…

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Utagawa Hiroshige, Falcon, pine tree and sun (Ukiyo-e woodblock print). Japan 19th century (Meiji). 2 Oban formats mounted on cardboard, rubbed, 71 x 25 cm

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Utagawa Hiroshige, Falcon, pine tree and sun (Ukiyo-e woodbl

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Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858). Oban yoko-e, takarabune, the seven gods of happiness, 26/38cm, wear. Also included. By the same artist, fireworks at Ryogoku.

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A SCROLL PAINTING OF A SAMURAI ONI, AFTER UTAGAWA KUNISADA, c. 1900s A SCROLL PAINTING OF A SAMURAI ONI, AFTER UTAGAWA KUNISADA, c. 1900s Japan, late 19th to early 20th century Ink, watercolors, and gouache on silk. Mounted as a hanging scroll on a paper frame with wooden handles. Depicting a muscular oni dressed as a samurai, his weapons to the ground, as he throws his head back to look at the crashing waves. Inscriptions: Signed ‘Gototei Kunisada’ 五渡亭国貞 with seal. One inscription to the back ‘Utagawa Kunisada’. Image SIZE 60 x 26 cm, SIZE incl. mounting 135 x 35 cm Condition: Very good condition with minor wear. Some foxing, stains, and soiling. The frame with usual traces of wear and holes. Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865) also known as Utagawa Toyokuni III, was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist. He is considered the most popular, prolific, and commercially successful designer of ukiyo-e woodblock prints in 19th-century Japan. In his own time, his reputation far exceeded that of his contemporaries, Hokusai, Hiroshige and Kuniyoshi. ‘Gototei’ 五渡亭 was the mostly used go name until 1844. It literally means ‘Pavilion of the Fifth Ferry’ and refers to the ferry boat service owned by Kunisada´s family.

Estim. 1 200 - 2 400 EUR

UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE: HODOGAYA, DISTANT VIEW OF THE KAMAKURA MOUNTAINS FROM THE BOUNDARY TREE POSTHOUSE UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE: HODOGAYA, DISTANT VIEW OF THE KAMAKURA MOUNTAINS FROM THE BOUNDARY TREE POSTHOUSE By Utagawa Hiroshige I (1797–1858), signed Hiroshige hitsu Japan, dated 1855 Color woodblock print on paper. Vertical oban. Signed Hiroshige hitsu, censor’s seals: aratame, Hare 7; publisher Tsutaya Kichizo (Koeido). Titled Hodogaya, Kyoboku tateba Kamakura yama enbo (Hodogaya: Distant View of the Kamakura Mountains from the Boundary Tree Penthouse), number 5 from the series Gojusan tsugi meisho zue (Illustrated Guide to Famous Places along the Fifty-three Stations). Illustrating several thatched roof teahouses and rest stops, festooned with red paper lanterns, in Hodogaya, the 5th station on the Tokaido Road; several pilgrims rest on low benches. SIZE of the sheet 36 x 24.2 cm Condition: Good condition with minor wear and slight fading of colors. Few tiny tears and losses along the outer margins. One tear to the top margin. Mounted on a paper passepartout. Visible fading to the image likely from previous mounting. Utagawa Hiroshige (also referred to as Ando Hiroshige) is recognized as a master of the ukiyo-e woodblock printing tradition, having created 8,000 prints of everyday life and landscape in Edo-period Japan. Much of Hiroshige’s work focuses on landscape. Inspired by Katsushika Hokusai’s popular Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji, Hiroshige took a softer, less formal approach with his Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido (1833–34), completed after traveling that coastal route linking Edo and Kyoto. Hiroshige’s prolific output was somewhat due to his being paid very little per series. Still, this did not deter him, as he receded to Buddhist monkhood in 1856 to complete his brilliant and lasting One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (1856–58). He died in 1858, 10 years before Monet, Van Gogh, and a lot of Impressionist painters became eager collectors of Japanese art. Museum comparison: A closely related print is in the collection of the Van Gogh Museum, object number n0058V1962.

2 Ukiyo-e woodblock prints Hiroshige (Tokaido series), Japan 19th century (late Edo). 2 x the same landscape motif, sheet size 20 x 27 cm each

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