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Utagawa Kokunimasa (1874-1944)
Three ladies and a child are crossing the Sumida river on a small ferry. On the other side Mt. Fuji rises above the cityscape.
Title: Ryôgoku-daichi Fuji-mi no watashi (Seeing Mt. Fuji from the ferry to Ryôgoku)
Series: Tôkyô fûkei (Sights of Tokyo)
Signature: Kokunimasa
Seal: not read
Publisher: Katada Chôjirô?
Date: 1893
Size: Oban triptych, 35,5 x 70 cm
Fine impression and excellent colour, with embossing and burnishing. Visible woodgrain. Minor trimming. Retains old backing, sheets not glued together. Some marginal toning and only minute defects. Overall excellent condition.
A rarely seen triptych. Cf. National Diet Library (NDL), info:ndljp/pid/1307868.
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