Japanese Works of Art - 16 Nov 2023
UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)
UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)
EDO PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY
Two Japanese woodblock prints, one entitled Oji Otonashigawa entai, sezoku Otaki to tonau (Dam on the Otonashi River at Oji), number 19 from the series Meisho Edo hyakkei (One Hundred Famous Views of Edo); the other entitled Tôto Asukayama (Asuka Hill), from the series Toto sanjurokkei (Thirty-Six Views of the Eastern Capital), both signed Hiroshige ga; together with two other woodblock prints, one giga humorous print possibly by Katsushika Hokusai, and another gruesome depiction of a dead couple by an unknown artist, 36.5cm x 25cm max. (4)
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