Sale 7553
London
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5 - 7 November 2007
Price realised
GBP 875
Estimate
UTAGAWA KUNISADA (1786 - 1865) A memorial portrait of Utagawa Hiroshige Upon the Eastern Road my brush I've left behind now on a journey through the skies I go to see the famous places in the Western Paradise. signed Toyokuni ga, date seal Horse 7 (1858), good impression and colour, some soiling, backed Oban tate-e
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