Buyo Kanazawa hassho yakei (Eight night views of Kanazawa, Musashi Province)

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UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)
Buyo Kanazawa hassho yakei (Eight night views of Kanazawa, Musashi Province)
Woodblock print triptych, signed Hiroshige hitsu and sealed Ichiryusai on the left sheet, published by Okazawaya Taheiji, 7th month 1857
Vertical oban triptych: 14 7⁄8 x 10 1⁄8 in. (37.8 x 25.7 cm.) each approx.(3)

Provenance

Sotheby's London, 18 June 1998, lot 1303

Literature

Matti Forrer. Hiroshige (Prestel, 2017). Plate 179.
Hiroshige Nature and the City: Prints from the Alan Medaugh Collection (Ludion, 2023). Plate no. 446A.
Alfred Haft, Hiroshige: artist of the open road (UK: The British Museum Press, 2025), Exh. cat., Plate 22.

Exhibited

'Hiroshige: artist of the open road', The British Museum, London, 1 May-7 September 2025

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Lot Essay

Hiroshige’s Buyo Kanazawa hassho yakei presents one of the celebrated Eight Views of Kanazawa, a scenic tradition inspired by the famous landscapes of southern Musashi Province. Hiroshige captures the tranquil beauty of the area through a carefully balanced composition, in which distant mountains, water and boats are enveloped in a soft atmospheric haze. His subtle treatment of light and space transforms the celebrated site into a poetic landscape, conveying the quiet beauty that made Kanazawa a popular destination for Edo travelers.

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