Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797-1858)
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Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797-1858). No. 40 Chiryu from "The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road". Oban. Polychrome woodblock print; ink on paper. Sheet: 10.25" x 15.25" (26 x 39 cm). Old, probably early 20th C.; excellent color and condition.
no. 40 Chiryu: A number of horses tethered near a tree in the fields, where a fair is held in the summer. This area was noted for Japanese iris(kakitsubata). A famouse poet who once passed by this vicinity adorned with irises composed a poem expressing the loneliness of his long journey from Kyoto where his wife remained. Hiroshige.org
Kristina Barbara Johnson Estate, Princeton, New Jersey.
A portion of auction proceeds to benefit the Arts Council of Princeton's
Kristina Johnson Memorial Fund.
no. 40 Chiryu: A number of horses tethered near a tree in the fields, where a fair is held in the summer. This area was noted for Japanese iris(kakitsubata). A famouse poet who once passed by this vicinity adorned with irises composed a poem expressing the loneliness of his long journey from Kyoto where his wife remained. Hiroshige.org
Kristina Barbara Johnson Estate, Princeton, New Jersey.
A portion of auction proceeds to benefit the Arts Council of Princeton's
Kristina Johnson Memorial Fund.
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Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797-1858)
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