Lot 142: Four Hiroshige Prints

Estimate: $400 – $800

Hiroshige, Ando (1797-1858) Ukyio-e prints.

#1) “Hamamatsu” from the series“Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido” (Reisho Tokaido, Gojusan-sugi edition). Condition: color and impression excellent. Never mounted or circulated. 14 5/8″ X 9 1/2″, untrimmed, signed on verso, Romanised “T. Adachi” in black ink.

#2) “Autumn moon at Seba” #32 from the series “Sixty-nine stations of the Kisokaido”. Never mounted. 14 5/8″ X 9 1/2″ untrimmed.

#3) “Mishima, Setting off on horseback and by Kado in Morning Mist”, series “Fifty-three stations of the Tokaido”. #12 in series, Hoeido edition. Note Watanabe’s seal lower left corner, carved into block. Condition: color and impression excellent. Never mounted or circulated.

#4) “Ueno Taimeizan in the snow” from “Sixty Views of Odd Provinces”. In excellent condition. Never mounted or circulated. No publisher’s seal. Published, recut by Adachi Institute for Woodblock printing, Tokyo. Mounted on archival folds and in archival jackets.