UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)

UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)
EDO PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY

Two Japanese woodblock prints, the first entitled Mii banshô (Evening Bell at Mii-dera Temple), from the series Ômi hakkei (Eight Views of Ômi), signed Hiroshige ga, with censor's seal aratame, 'Snake 3', 37.3cm x 25.2cm; the other entitled Takata Sugataminohashi Omokagenohashi jariba (Sugatami Bridge, Omokage Bridge, Jariba at Takata), from the series Meisho Edo hyakkei (One Hundred Famous Views of Edo), also signed Hiroshige ga, 35.8cm x 23.4cm.