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    Japanese Art and Design

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    14 May 2008

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    • UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797 - 1858
    Lot 294

    UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797 - 1858)

    UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797 - 1858)

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    GBP 1,250

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    GBP 1,200 - GBP 1,800

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    UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797 - 1858)
    A black-naped Oriole perched on a stem of hibiscus, the haiku reads

    Ariake no In the moonlight at dawn
    Nurete ochitaru see the hibiscus damp with dew
    Fuyo kana and blossoms falling

    signed Hiroshige hitsu, seal Ichiryusai, good impression and colours, slight horizontal creases and slight soiling
    Chu-tanzaku

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    Lot Essay

    For another example see Israel Goldman and Cynthea Bogel, Hiroshige, Birds and Flowers (New York, 1988) no. 64

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