HIROSHIGE: oban tate-e (37.1 x 24.5 cm. ea. approx.); the triptych Awa no Naruto no fukei "View of the whirlpools at Naruto", signed Hiroshige hitsu and published by Okazawaya Taiheiji- very good impression, slightly faded, flattened creases, some restorations and backed with paper

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HIROSHIGE: oban tate-e (37.1 x 24.5 cm. ea. approx.); the triptych Awa no Naruto no fukei "View of the whirlpools at Naruto", signed Hiroshige hitsu and published by Okazawaya Taiheiji- very good impression, slightly faded, flattened creases, some restorations and backed with paper

Lot Essay

The view of the whirlpools over the the Naruto strait is one of a set of three triptychs along with Kisoji no yamakawa "Mountains and rivers on the Kiso Road", a snow scene, and Buyo Kanazawa hassho yakei "Evening view of the eight views of Kanazawa in Musashi Province", a moonlit landscape. Together they form a 'snow, moon and flowers' set, the Naruto whirlpool triptych alluding to flowers to which they often are compared in Japanese poetry