Saruhashi zu (Picture of the Monkey Bridge)

Details

UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)
Saruhashi zu (Picture of the Monkey Bridge)
Signed Hiroshige and sealed Ichiryusai
Hanging scroll; ink and light color on paper
49 1⁄8 x 17 ½ in. (124.8 x 44.5 cm.) painting only
With a woodbox and a Manno Art Museum sticker

Provenance

Manno Art Museum, Osaka
Sebastian Izzard Asian Art LLC, New York
Acquired from the above, 2003

Literature

Kobayashi Tadashi, Nikuhitsu ukiyo-e taikan 7: Manno bijyutsukan (Kodansha, 1996). Monochrome plate 32.

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Lot Essay

The Monkey Bridge (Saruhashi) in the Kai Province is a classical theme that Hiroshige depicted in several prints. The composition of the present painting is almost identical to the print published by Koeido in 1854 (see Museum of Fine Arts Boston, 21.7089), bearing the same type of artist seal.

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