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Item from the Mokuhankan Flea Market53 Stations of the Tokaido - Meiji-era hagaki Size: 24.0cm by 18.0cm (9.45 in by 7.09 in) | Enlargement | Shipping Code: [L] ? Designer: Ando Hiroshige Era: Meiji | Currency: $ / £ / € Price:  Description: This is one of the more rare items in our Flea Market - a full set of Hiroshige's famous Tokaido designs published in Meiji 39 (1906) by Fujisawa Mankado, in Kyoto. This is identical to the set of 55 prints that was introduced and described by Dave in one of the David's Choice video presentations on YouTube, and then included in the Mokuhankan Collection online. On the publisher Fujisawa Mankado's website, there are excellent photos of the woodblocks, which are believed to be from the period .... it is very rare to be able to match up old prints with their original blocks! Each print (backed on card, ready for mailing, as if anybody would actually do that), is mounted together with a full explanation in Japanese of that location on the highway. The construction of the album is ‘accordion’ style, with the prints mounted on both sides of the pages. Note that one of the original description cards - Maisaka - was missing when we obtained this set; we have scanned and printed out a replicas, using our own copy as a reference. All the prints themselves are present. Condition: the prints are toned with age (the album is 115 years old!), and a couple are slightly soiled. There is residual water damage on some of the album pages (see images below), but overall it is in good condition, with the binding being the original. You will need to handle it with care ... [Note: no dealer orders, please.] A couple of closeups of the prints in the set: Hakone,  Shono,  and Kyoto.  More spreads from the album ...  This print, Shinagawa is in perhaps the worst condition of the set in terms of soiling:    The missing description card of Maisaka has been replaced:   A few of the prints in this album are peeling off in some places like this:  The front of the album. "From the brush of Hiroshige - Tokaido"   There are scribbles on the back cover,     Browse thumbnail pages of various selections from the catalogue ... Mokuhankan Publications:general (104) kacho-e (27) landscape (54) bijin-ga (19) contemporary (17) senshafuda (2) yakusha-e (4) HangaClub (70) ebook (6) miscellaneous (4) 8 Cats (4) supplies (6) [ Also see our Annual Gift Page ] Partner Shops: Kawase Hasui prints (12) Yoshida family prints (48) Doi Hanga prints (54) Miyakodori prints (4) Numabe Mokuhan prints (3) Guest items (17) Mokuhankan Flea Market (All items) general (78) kacho-e (38) yakusha-e (25) landscape (130) bijin-ga (113) kuchi-e (0) contemporary (4) set (42) books (3) [ List of Recently sold items ] [ Flea Market Matsuri ] |
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