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From '53 Stations of Tokaido' - Taisho Era

Size: 26.0cm by 39.0cm (10.24 in by 15.35 in) | Enlargement | Shipping Code: [L] ?

Designer: Ando Hiroshige

Era: Taisho | Currency: $ / £ / €

Price: ¥ 12,000$ 84.00£ 62.75€ 73.50

  

Description: This is a print from what is perhaps the single most famous series of Japanese woodblock prints ever produced - "The 53 Stations of the Tokaido", designed by Hiroshige in the 1830s.

Various reproductions of the series have been published, and this is from a set consists of 55 Oban size prints most likely published during Taisho period, 1912-1926.

Although the publisher and other specific details remain unknown, the print quality is great, with fine details and delicately applied colors. Some of the prints have light wrinkles and slight toning, but it is generally in good condition.

Hamamatsu station

As the subtitle - written in the vermilion mark - shows, this is a scene of desolate winter ‘Fuyu-gare zu’. The rice harvest is finished, and the fields are brown and dry.

Hiroshige drew the fat cedar tree just in the middle of the image, placed a bonfire beside it and arranged people attracted by the heat.

The buildings in the distance would be Hamamatsu station and the tall structure with black roof is probably Hamamatsu castle.

The rising smoke is carefully depicted by delicate gradation - brown at the bottom, blending into gray and then white shown by the embossing technique. The traveler standing on the right side of the tree seems to be hesitating to get the light from the bonfire …

There are light creases at the lower right area.

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