Auction:

Discovery - 3039T

Location:

Marlborough

Date / Time :

November 09, 2017 10:00AM

Description:

Three Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) Woodblock Prints, Japan, no. 25 Yawata and no. 28 Nagakubo from the series Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido, publisher Iseya Rihei (Kinjudo); and no. 26 Nisaka from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido, publisher Hoeido, all oban yoko-e, sizes to 9 5/8 x 14 3/8 in.
Japanese Prints online
Estimate $700-900

Yawata with a central folding line, overall wear and tear and minor crease to corners, worm holes, backed (now partially detached); Nagakubo with minor toning and wear; Nisaka with minor wear, crease, worm holes, pasted to a cardboard with two upper corners, all three with varying degrees of discoloration.


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