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HIROSHIGE, Utagawa (1797 - 1858)		The Ffty-three stations of the Tokaido  (so-called 'Tsuta-ya Tokaido') no. 8: Hiratsuka
		Signed:                     Hiroshige ga Publisher's seal:    Tsuta-ya Published:                c. 1850 Size:                          chuban yoko-e (c. 17. 5 x 25 cms / c. 6 7/8" x 9 7/8") Impression:  Very good. Colors:  Fine. Condition:  Fine. ref. no.: # 611958-1 Price: € 450.00

HIRATSUKA is print no. 9 in the series of fifty-five chuban-sized prints. To distinguish this series from the other chuban-sized Tokaido, the so-called kyoka Tokaido series of c. 1840, it is widely known as the Tsuta-ya Tokaido series, named after the renowned publisher. - This view is similar to that in the first Tokaido series of 1834: a rough shelter and resting travellers. Two designs from the kyoka Tokaido and one from the first Tokaido (oban-sized) series are shown on the previous (menu) page. Reference: Edwrad F. Strange, "The Colour-Prints of Hiroshige"; London/New York, 1925; p. 149, no. 8.

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