UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)
UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)
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Property from the Alan Medaugh Collection
UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)

Fukagawa Susaki Jumantsubo (Jumantsubo Plain at Fukagawa Susaki)

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UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)
Fukagawa Susaki Jumantsubo (Jumantsubo Plain at Fukagawa Susaki)
Woodblock print, from the series Meisho Edo hyakkei (One hundred famous views of Edo), signed Hiroshige ga, published by Uoya Eikichi, intercalary 5th month 1857, deluxe edition
Vertical oban: 14 1⁄8 x 9 5⁄8 in. (35.9 x 24.4 cm.)
Provenance
Sotheby's London, 10 November 2005, lot 909
Literature
Hiroshige Nature and the City: Prints from the Alan Medaugh Collection (Ludion, 2023). Plate no. 116A.
Alfred Haft, Hiroshige: artist of the open road (UK: The British Museum Press, 2025), Exh. cat., Plate 53.
Exhibited
'Hiroshige: artist of the open road', The British Museum, London, 1 May-7 September 2025

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Lot Essay

Hiroshige’s Susaki Jumantsubo is a striking study in the contrast between movement and stillness. A soaring eagle dominates the expansive winter sky, its powerful flight set against the quiet, snow covered landscape below. The vast expanse of white and the distant horizon create a profound sense of silence, while the bird’s outstretched wings introduce a dynamic tension into the otherwise tranquil scene. Through this dramatic contrast, Hiroshige transforms a simple landscape into a poetic meditation on space, motion and solitude.

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