Name: UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)
Brand: Moon at Takanawa (Takanawa tsuki no kei)
Price: 7000.00 GBP
Availability: SoldOut

UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)
Moon at Takanawa (Takanawa tsuki no kei)
From the series Famous Places in Edo: Views of the Four Seasons (Edo meisho shiki no nagame)
Left and centre sheet signed Hiroshige ga
Censor's seals Yoshimura (Yoshimura Gentaro) and Muramatsu (Muramatsu Genroku)
Published by Maruya Jinpachi (Marujin, Enjudo), circa 1848-51

Vertical oban triptych: each sheet 38 x 25.6 cm. (15 x 10¹⁄₈ in.)

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For another impression of the same triptych, see Sebastian Izzard, Hiroshige, An Exhibition of Selected Prints and Books, (The Ukiyo-e Society of America, New York, 1983), no. 62, p. 74-5.

A further example of the same triptych was sold, Christie's, From Artist to Woodblock: Japanese Prints Online, 15-22 June 2017, Lot 85, go to:
https://onlineonly.christies.com/s/artist-woodblock-japanese-prints-online/utagawa-hiroshige-1797-1858-85/42010?SortBy=LotNumber=1=30=false