Lot 163 D α

Utagawa Hiroshige

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)

Three ôban from the series Meisho Edo hyakkei. Signed: Hiroshige ga. Publisher: Uoya Eikichi. Censor: aratame. a) Title: Ukeji Akiba no keidai. Shrine grounds in autumn colours. [Date: VIII/1857.] b) Title: Minami-Shinagawa Samezu kaigan. View of the lake and villages on the left. [Date: II/1857. c) Title: Yushima Tenjin sakaue tenbô. Snow-covered shrine grounds and view of Shinobazu Pond. Signed: Hiroshige hitsu. [Date: IV/1856.] (3) Good impressions, a) good colours, thin areas, margins trimmed off, b) colours somewhat faded, soiled, left margin heavily trimmed, some worm damage, restored, backed, c) browned, margins trimmed off, fragile.