ANDO HIROSHIGE (1797-1858): oban tate-e, a triptych, each 36.6 x approx. 24cm., Kiso-ji no sansen 'Mountains and rivers of Kiso', signed Hiroshige hitsu, sealed Bokurin shoko, aratame seal and a date seal of eighth month of 1857, published by Okazawaya Taheiji--very good impressions, good colour, minute holes, very slight offsetting on left sheet, very slightly trimmed, otherwise good condition (3)

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ANDO HIROSHIGE (1797-1858): oban tate-e, a triptych, each 36.6 x approx. 24cm., Kiso-ji no sansen 'Mountains and rivers of Kiso', signed Hiroshige hitsu, sealed Bokurin shoko, aratame seal and a date seal of eighth month of 1857, published by Okazawaya Taheiji--very good impressions, good colour, minute holes, very slight offsetting on left sheet, very slightly trimmed, otherwise good condition (3)

Provenance

Hans Popper Collection

Lot Essay

One of the trilogy of landscapes made in the late years of the artist - two others being Awa Naruto no fukei 'A view of the whirlpools at Naruto in Awa Province' and Buyo Kanazawa hassho yakei 'Night view of eight excellent sceneries of Kanazawa in Musashi Province

Other impressions are in Vignier & Inada (Paris 1914), No. 209, Pl. LXXVIII; Tokyo National Museum catalogu (Tokyo 1960), No. 3621-3; Stern, Masterpieces of Japan, p. 290; Suzuki, Hiroshige (Tokyo 1970), pl. 218

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