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Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1848)
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Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1848)
A group of woodcuts from various series, including Mariko, first state written with the characters reading Maruko, from the series Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi (Fifty-three stations of the Tokaido) published by Takenouchi Magohachi, worn but retaining color; other prints from the same Tokaido series; and prints from Edo meisho (Famous places in Edo), published by Aritaya Seiemon; Sohitsu gojusan tsugi (Fifty-three stations of the Tokaido by two brushes [collaborative work with Utagawa Kunisada]); Koto meisho (Famous places in the eastern capital [Edo]) published by Sanoya Kihei; Omi hakkei no uchi (The eight views of Omi [Lake Biwa]), among others
principally oban yoko-e
MFA acc. nos. all beginning with the numeral 11.: 45567; 17235; 17237-38; 17251; 24918; 39258; 17240; 24936; 45568; 45561; 45565-66; 45569-70; 24923; 39259; 45562-63; 35830; 35847; 35854 (22)
A group of woodcuts from various series, including Mariko, first state written with the characters reading Maruko, from the series Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi (Fifty-three stations of the Tokaido) published by Takenouchi Magohachi, worn but retaining color; other prints from the same Tokaido series; and prints from Edo meisho (Famous places in Edo), published by Aritaya Seiemon; Sohitsu gojusan tsugi (Fifty-three stations of the Tokaido by two brushes [collaborative work with Utagawa Kunisada]); Koto meisho (Famous places in the eastern capital [Edo]) published by Sanoya Kihei; Omi hakkei no uchi (The eight views of Omi [Lake Biwa]), among others
principally oban yoko-e
MFA acc. nos. all beginning with the numeral 11.: 45567; 17235; 17237-38; 17251; 24918; 39258; 17240; 24936; 45568; 45561; 45565-66; 45569-70; 24923; 39259; 45562-63; 35830; 35847; 35854 (22)
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William Sturgis Bigelow