Sale 7553
London
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5 - 7 November 2007
Price realised
GBP 2,250
Estimate
UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797 - 1858) From the series Tokaido tsugi no uchi [The Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido], Mariko - meibutsu chamise [Mariko - The Local Speciality Shop], travellers eating the local yam paste delicacy tororoshiru, signed Hiroshige ga, published jointly by Takenouchi Magohachi (Hoeido) and Tsuruya Kiemon (Senkakudo), censor's seal kiwame, good impression, colours and condition, slight soiling left-hand margin Oban yoko-e
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