No. 37 Miyanokoshi

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UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)
No. 37 Miyanokoshi
Woodblock print, from the series Kisokaido rokujukyu tsugi no uchi (Sixty-nine stations of Kisokaido Road), signed Hiroshige ga, published by Iseya Rihei (Kinjudo), circa 1835-38
Horizontal oban: 10 x 14 5⁄8 in. (25.4 x 37.1 cm.)

Provenance

Matsuki Zen'emon (1864-1931), Kyoto
Salvatore J. Tarantino; sold at Sotheby's New York, 6 November 1985, lot 173
Huguette Beres (1914-1999), Paris; sold at Sotheby's Paris, 27 November 2002, lot 120

Literature

Hiroshige Nature and the City: Prints from the Alan Medaugh Collection (Ludion, 2023). Plate no. 163B.

Exhibited

The Salvatore J. Tarantino Collection of Hiroshige Prints Exhibition, exhibited at the following venue:
Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, 25 September-27 November 1983,
The IBM Gallery of Art, New York, 10 April-19 May 1984

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Lot Essay

Travelers pause along the mountain road at dusk, while the distant landscape dissolves into a soft veil of atmospheric haze. The indistinct forms of the mountains and trees create a remarkable sense of depth, while lending the scene a quiet, dreamlike quality. This delicate treatment of the background demonstrates Hiroshige’s ability to use kasumi (haze) not merely to suggest distance, but also to evoke the transient atmosphere of the mountainous landscape.

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