Matsuchiyama no yuki (Matsuchi Hill in snow), from the series Toto Meisho (Famous places of the Eastern Capital) Fujikawa bohana no zu (Procession at a boundary marker, Fujikawa), from the series Tokaido gojusanstugi no uchi (The fifty-three stations of the Tokaido)

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Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)
Matsuchiyama no yuki (Matsuchi Hill in snow), from the series Toto Meisho (Famous places of the Eastern Capital)

Fujikawa bohana no zu (Procession at a boundary marker, Fujikawa), from the series Tokaido gojusanstugi no uchi (The fifty-three stations of the Tokaido)
Two prints, each signed Hiroshige ga, the first published by Yorozuya Kichibei, the second by Takenouchi Magohachi and Tsuruya Kiemon (Hoeido/Senkakudo)--good impressions, good color, lightly soiled, centerfold and trimmed margins the second
aiban yoko-e: 22.8 x 34.2cm., first; oban yoko-e: 24.1 x 36.3cm., second (2)

Provenance

William S. and John T. Spaulding, first
Herman and Paul Jaehne, second

Special notice

This lot is exempt from Sales Tax.

Lot Essay

In 1914 the Metropolitan Museum of Art, with Howard Mansfield acting as adviser, purchased several hundred prints, mostly works by Hiroshige (including the one offered here), directly from the Spaulding brothers in Boston. The museum paid $17,000 for the group. The Spaulding Collection is today housed in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

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