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Lot Essay
This print honours Utagawa Hiroshige (1997-1858), and features a farewell poem by Temmei Rojin. The seated Hiroshige wears a kimono bearing his monogram Hiro, and holds Buddhist rosary beads. The inscription details the date of Hiroshige's death (6th day, 9th month, 1858), and declares Hiroshige, Kunisada and Kuniyoshi as the three great masters of Ukiyo-e.
The same print is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accession no. JP2832, go to: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/53719
The fact that this print came from the collection of Henri Vever would have been an important factor for Oliver Hoare. Vever formed one of the most impressive of all collections of Persian and Mughal painting in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, now all at the Freer Sackler Gallery, Washington D.C.
The same print is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accession no. JP2832, go to: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/53719
The fact that this print came from the collection of Henri Vever would have been an important factor for Oliver Hoare. Vever formed one of the most impressive of all collections of Persian and Mughal painting in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, now all at the Freer Sackler Gallery, Washington D.C.