Sale 7553
London
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5 - 7 November 2007
Price realised
GBP 5,625
Estimate
UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797 - 1858) From the series Kyoto meisho no uchi [Famous Views of Kyoto], Yodogawa [The Yoda River], a cuckoo flies across the face of the moon, under which can be seen a small boat selling snacks to the passengers on a ferry boat, signed Hiroshige ga, seal Ichiryusai, published by Kawaguchiya Shozo (Eisendo), good early impression with the publisher's seal in the margin, good colours and condition, slight vertical centre-fold Oban yoko-e
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