Hiroshige: Shinagawa
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Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)

Three ladies in summer kimonos on the shore in Shinagawa, beside a cart two puppies sniffing at each other. In the background a sailing boat is approaching.

Title: Shinagawa

Series: Gojûsan tsugi (53 stations), the so-called "Jinbutsu (o. Jimbutsu)-Tôkaidô"

Signature: Hiroshige ga

Publisher: Murataya Ichigorô (Muraichi), Edo)

Censors: Kinugasa and Murata

Date: 1851/52

Size: Vertical Chûban, 22 x 16,8 cm (image)

Very good impression, very good and fresh colours. Unbacked, with good margins, as usually a little bit narrower at right. A a little fingerstained in margins, a little bit rubbed and soiled, small stains, some tiny binding holes along the left margin of the image, a wormhole at left margin, a tiny wormhole at upper margin. Bottom right corner slightly creased, with tiny tape remnant in corner. Overall still very good. Here the second station within this charming and surprisingly rarely (especially in fresh colours) seen-series, which is commonly known as "Jinbutsu-Tôkaidô" (Figure Tokaido) or, after the publisher, "Muraichi-Tôkaidô". Since in this series two images were printed on one sheet of paper, many sheets do not bear any signature, censorship or publisher's marks.
Cf. Art Institute of Chicago (AIC) 1966.262; MFA Boston 06.1529; Honolulu Museum of Art Michener Coll. 22863; Norton Simon Museum P.1967.27.022ab; National Diet Library (NDL), DOI 10.11501/2541077 (the whole series)

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