Christie's: AN IMPORTANT COLLECTION OF JAPANESE PRINTS: Lot 213
Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)
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Ryogoku, hanabi (Fireworks, Ryogoku), from the series Meisho Edo hyakkei (One hundred views of famous places of Edo) Early impression with light showing around the bursting fireworks, signed Hiroshige ga and published by Uoya Eikichi, mica highlights in the sky, elaborate subtitle cartouche, extensive woodgrain--fine impression, good color, pin hole worming, trimmed into seals oban tate-e : 36 x 23.8cm. NOTES This is the first edition of this design where a halo of light appears around the bursting fireworks. See illustration on catalogue cover.
