Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)
THE KANAZAWA ROUTE ON THE TOKAIDO, INTERMEDIATE STATIONS AND VIEWS OF THE NARITA HIGHWAY, station, Sugita, No. 3, sub-title Umezakari PLUM BLOSSOMS IN FULL BLOOM
Woodblock, signed within the print, published posthumously by Sakai Kokodo in the Taisho period, 1919, from an original Hiroshige
image 22.2 X 35cm approximately, framed and glazed

Provenance: Part lot Sotheby’s London 17 June 1999, lot 1554.

TOKAIDO YOKYO AND NARITA DOCHU, INTERMEDIATE STATIONS AND VIEWS OF THE NARITA HIGHWAY, No. 17
Woodblock, signed within the print, published posthumously by Sakai Kokodo in the Taisho period, 1919, from an original Hiroshige
image 22 x 34.9cm approximately, framed and glazed
HOKONE, FIFTY THREE STATIONS ON THE TOKAIDO ROAD, station NO. 11,
Woodblock, 1852, signed within the print
image 16.5 x 22.7cm approximately, framed and glazed

Provenance: Castle Fine Arts, San Francisco, January 1999.

THE 53 STAGES OF THE TOKAIDO, FROM JINBUTSU TOKAIDO SERIES, subtitled MITSUKE
Woodblock, 1852, signed within the print
image 21.6 x 16cm approximately, framed and glazed

SYOKOKU SANJU ROKKEI, THIRTY-SIX VIEWS OF VARIOUS PROVINCES, No. 42, MOUNT TAKATSU, IWAMI PROVINCE
Woodblock, signed within the print
image 22.7 x 17cm approximately, framed and glazed (5)
Provenance: Part lot Sotheby’s London 19 June 1997, lot 112.
Sold for £550

Condition report:
Sugita no. 3 and no. 17 both from original drawings made Tempo 5, 9 Feb 1834 - Jan 1835, published posthumously by Sakai Kokodo in the Taisho period 1919 from an original Hiroshige.

Condition:
1. Sugita, Plum Blossoms in full bloom (figure on donkey on a road past blossom trees) - Paper stained and discoloured throughout. The occasional speck and dot of foxing. Colours faded. Ink in thin in areas. A few very light handling creases and a few very light scratches. Paper is lightly cockled. Not examined outside of frame. Please see additional images for details
2. Narita Highway - Rocky cliffs by the sea - Paper discoloured to a medium brown. Paper colour is irregular with lighter spots and streaks throughout. Some scattered very light foxing. A little light cockling of paper throughout. Blue colour is strong but the red colour appears faded. Not examined outside of frame.
3. Takaido road - Figures travelling in a U-shaped valley - Large spots of foxing throughout. Some light surface dirt, more concentrated in corners. Paper lightly cockled. Small 1cm tear to top of image. Red colour appears fade. Not examined outside of frame.
4. Mitsuke - Figures fishing from boats - Paper lightly discoloured. A few light spots of foxing to the sky. A couple of very light creases. A little surface dirt and smudges of ink. Some circular streaks in the ink in the water, probably from how the ink was applied. Not examined outside of frame
5. Mount Takatsu, Iwami - Paper lightly discoloured and lightly cockled Colours are faded. Surface dirt especially in corners. A few patches of light foxing . Not examined outside of frame
Please see images for details