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

Hamamatsu, fuyugare no zu (Hamamatsu: winter scene)

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UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)
Hamamatsu, fuyugare no zu (Hamamatsu: winter scene)
Woodblock print, from the series Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi (Fifty-three stations of the Tokaido [The Great Tokaido]), signed Hiroshige ga, published by Takenouchi Magohachi (Hoeido), circa 1833-34
Horizontal oban: 9 5⁄8 x 14 5⁄8 in. (24.4 x 37.1 cm.)
Provenance
Israel Goldman Japanese Prints, London
Acquired from the above, 2005
Literature
Hiroshige Nature and the City: Prints from the Alan Medaugh Collection (Ludion, 2023). Plate no. 144A.

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Lot Essay

Travelers warming themselves at a bonfire under a large pine in the desolate winter scene. Hamamatsu in Shizuoka Prefecture, is the twenty-ninth station of the Tokaido. While important landmarks Hamamatsu Castle and Zazanza Pine Trees are distantly depicted, the plume of smoke and the stiff pine trunk at the center dominate the composition of this work.
This design with no windows visible in the castle believed to be the first impression.
This design, with the castle depicted without any visible windows, is believed to represent the first impression of the print.

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