UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797 - 1858) , UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797 - 1858)

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UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797 - 1858)

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UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797 - 1858)
A wild duck swimming beneath snow-laden reeds, the haiku above recalls winter

Kamo naki ya A duck calls softly
kaze fukishiwamua breeze sets ripples moving
mizu no omo over the water

signed Hiroshige hitsu, seal Fukuju, good early impression, colours and condition, minor wormhole damage repaired, slight soiling
O-tanzaku

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Lot Essay

Another later impression with the publisher's seal of Kikakudo replacing the artist's seal of Fukuju is illustrated in Sotheby and Co., Highly Important Japanese Prints, Illustrated Books, Drawings and Fan Paintings from The Henri Vever Collection, Part I, (London, 1974), lot 380

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