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Genuine antique Japanese color woodblock by Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858). 
Landscape print. Date: 20th Century (originally 1833/34). Shono (Sudden Shower Over Shono) – 
design (No.46) of the series: ‘Tokaido Gojusan-tsugi’ (Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido – No.46, 
Shono). Large oban yoko-e size: 15 1/2” x 10 1/3” inches. Flawless state with strong 
inkbleed through.

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Genuine antique Japanese color woodblock by Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858). 
Landscape print. Date: 20th Century (originally 1833/34). Kambarra (Evening Snow at Kambara) – 
design (No.16) of the series: ‘Tokaido Gojusan-tsugi’ (Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido – No.16, 
Kambara/Kanbara). Large oban yoko-e size: 15 1/2” x 10 1/3” inches. Flawless state with nice 
inkbleed through.

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Genuine antique Japanese color woodblock by Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858). Landscape print. 
Date: Meiji period (1868-1912). Inspired on the Mitsuke – design (No.28) of the series: ‘Tokaido Gojusan-tsugi’ 
(Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido – No.28, Mitsuke). Size: 19 3/4” x 6 1/5” inches. Slight vertical centerfold 
(from previous album inclusion) and thin backing (precaution) otherwise fine state.

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Genuine antique Japanese color woodblock by Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858). Landscape print. 
Date: Meiji period (1868-1912). Inspired on the Hamamatsu – design (No.29) of the series: ‘Tokaido Gojusan-tsugi’ 
(Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido – No.29,Hamamatsu). Size: 19 3/4” x 6 1/5” inches. Slight vertical centerfold 
(from previous album inclusion) and thin backing (precaution)otherwise fine state.

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Genuine antique Japanese color woodblock by Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858). Landscape print. 
Date: Meiji period (1868-1912). Inspired on the Arai – design (No.31) of the series: ‘Tokaido Gojusan-tsugi’ 
(Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido – No.31, Arai). Size: 19 3/4” x 6 1/5” inches. Slight vertical centerfold 
(from previous album inclusion) and thin backing (precaution) otherwise fine state.

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Genuine antique Japanese color woodblock by Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858). Landscape print. 
Date: Meiji period (1868-1912). Inspired on the Shirasuka – design (No.32) of the series: ‘Tokaido Gojusan-tsugi’ 
(Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido – No.32, Shirasuka). Size: 19 3/4” x 6 1/5” inches. Slight vertical centerfold 
(from previous album inclusion) and thin backing (precaution) otherwise fine state.

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Genuine antique Japanese color woodblock by Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858). Landscape print. 
Date: Meiji period (1868-1912). Inspired on the Yokkaichi – design (No.43) of the series: ‘Tokaido Gojusan-tsugi’ 
(Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido – No.43, Yokkaichi). Size: 19 3/4” x 6 1/5” inches. Slight vertical centerfold 
(from previous album inclusion), slight fold on the right part and thin backing (precaution) otherwise very good state.

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Genuine antique Japanese color woodblock by Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858). Landscape print. Date: 
Meiji period (1868-1912). Inspired on the Kuwana – design (No.42) of the series: ‘Tokaido Gojusan-tsugi’ 
(Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido – No.42, Kuwana) Size: 19 3/4” x 6 1/5” inches. Slight vertical centerfold 
and thin backing (precaution) otherwise fine state.

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Genuine antique Japanese color woodblock by Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858). Landscape print. 
Date: Meiji period (1868-1912). Inspired on the Chiryu – design (No.40) of the series: ‘Tokaido Gojusan-tsugi’ 
(Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido – No.40, Chiryu). Size: 19 3/4” x 6 1/5” inches. Slight vertical centerfold 
(from previous album inclusion) and thin backing (precaution) otherwise fine state.

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Genuine Japanese woodblock print Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858). Uchiwa-e (Fan print). 
Date: Showa-era period. Publisher: Adachi (publisher's seal in ink on the reverse!). 
Oban yoko-e size: 9 1/4" x 13 1/2" inches. Fine impression (with beautiful key lines), 
color and condition. In a magnificent state with a strong ink-bleed through to verso.

A charming young prostitute from the Shinagawa or Shinjuku. An enchanting woodblock print of a questioning young beauty opening a fortune from a clairvoyant. The vibrant rich colors in the print are wonderfully contrasted with the woman’s fair white skin coloring.

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Genuine Japanese woodblock print Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858). Landscape print. Date: Showa-era period 
(originally published in 9/1856). Series: 'One-Hundred Famous Views on Edo' (Meisho Edo Hyakkei). 
Title: 'Kinryuzan Temple At Asakusa' (Asakusa Kinryuzan). No. 99 from One-Hundred Famous Views on Edo. 
Publisher: Mokuhansha. Large oban tate-e size: 16" x 10 1/2" inches. Fine impression (with gauffrage), color 
and condition. No marks or flaws.

The color scheme of this composition - red on white - is reserved for propitious occasions, in this case the 
beginning of winter. The place is the entrance to the temple of the Buddhist deity Kannon in Asakusa, 
the oldest and most venerable Buddhist temple in Edo. Formally known as Kinryūzan Sensōji, it dates back 
to 628, when two brothers discovered a tiny gold image of Kannon in their net while fishing on the Sumida River.
The image was enshrined here, and over the centuries the temple became the object of a widespread popular 
following that remains strong today. As with all popular temples in Hiroshige's time, the Asakusa Kannon 
Temple was also a major entertainment center.

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Genuine Japanese woodblock print Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858). Landscape print. Date: Showa-era period 
(originally published in 9/1857). Series: 'One-Hundred Famous Views on Edo' (Meisho Edo Hyakkei). 
Title: 'Sudden Shower Over Shin-Ohashi Bridge and Atake (Ohashi Atake no Yudachi)'. No. 58 from 
One-Hundred  Famous Views on Edo. Publisher: Watanabe. Oban tate-e size: 13 1/2" x 9 1/4" inches. 
Excellent impression (with beautiful key lines), color and condition. In a magnificent state with a strong 
ink-bleed through to verso.

The crack of thunder is almost audible as the roiling black clouds burst into sheets of heavy rain, scattering the huddled shapes on the bridge below. This design is the undisputed masterpiece of the One-Hundred famous Views of Edo. It bears comparison in its universal appeal with another of Hiroshige's most famous landscapes, Shono in The Fifty-three Stations of The Tokaido, with which it shares the theme of escape from a sudden rain.

The immediate appeal of this composition is enhanced by finely wrought details. The irregular pattern of the black clouds above reveals to a rare degree the spontaneous hand of the printer, differing visibly from one print to another. The torrent of rain turns out on close inspection to be an overlay of black on gray at slightly different angles, some lines broken, other extending the length of the composition. The six figures on the bridge offer a lively diversity of ways to escape from the rain, in ones, twos and threes, under hats, mats, and umbrellas, in one direction and another.

This print was one of two in the series that so caught the attention of Vincent van Gogh that he executed a careful copy in oils in 1887.

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Genuine Japanese woodblock print Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858). Landscape print. Date: Showa-era period 
(originally published in 11/1857). Series: 'One-Hundred Famous Views on Edo' (Meisho Edo Hyakkei). 
Title: 'Plum Garden in Kameido (Kameido Umeyashiki). No. 30 from One-Hundred Famous Views on Edo. 
Publisher: Watanabe. Oban tate-e size: 15 3/4" x 10 1/2" inches. Excellent impression (with beautiful key lines), color and condition. In a magnificent state with a strong ink-bleed through to verso.

In one of the most stunning compositions of the entire series, Hiroshige brings us face to face with the "Sleeping Dragon Plum" Garyubai, the most famous tree in Edo -- a city that revered trees. We are so close that the air is thick with the powerful fragrance that was one of its several distinctions, having lured the shogun Yoshimune as he passed nearby in the early eighteenth century and thereby assured its fame. Also celebrated was the purity of its double blossoms, "so white when full in bloom as to drive off the darkness," according to one old Edo guidebook.

By far the most unusual feature of the Garyubai, however, was its peculiar manner of growth, by which certain branches spreading out from the original trunk would droop low to the ground, enter the soil, and re-emerge at a distance to create new trunks. In this manner, the tree was constantly rejuvenated and by Hiroshige's time had spread over an area some 50 feet square. The image of the "sleeping dragon" came from the way in which the reproducing branches looped across the ground.

This print was one of two in the series that so caught the attention of Vincent van Gogh that he executed a careful copy in oils in 1887.

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Genuine Japanese woodblock print Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858). Landscape print. Date: Showa-era period. 
Series: 'Eight Snow Scenes in the Eastern Capital' (Toto Yukimi Hakkei). Title: 'Evening Snow at Takanawa' 
(Takanawa Yoru no Yuki). Oban yoko-e size: 14" x 8 1/2" inches. Fine impression, color and condition. 
In a wonderful state.

A fantastic Hiroshige night scene from his "Eight Snow Scenes in the Eastern Capital" series. Travelers seen on the snowy embankment next to the Sumida River, fishing boats in for the night. A wonderful Hiroshige scene and favorite from the series, the rich blue of the water contrasting the white snow, with snow falling in the dark, nearly black sky.

This beautiful series has a unique place in the history of Hiroshige's prints. Hiroshige produced the designs for the series but it was not printed during his lifetime. It is unknown why the prints were never produced as records show that they were approved by the censor Fuka-Tsu Ihei in 1846 and would normally have gone straight to production then. But, they were not printed. In 1928 those original Hiroshige drawings for this series were in the possession of a French collector who agreed to allow a small publication of 100 prints of each design by publisher Shotaro Sato.

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A truly magnificent Hiroshige landscape design.