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HIROSHIGE, Utagawa (1797 - 1858)		The Ffty-three stations of the Tokaido  (so-called 'Tsuta-ya Tokaido') no. 11: Hakone
		Signed:                     Hiroshige ga Publisher's seal:    Tsuta-ya Published:                c. 1850 Size:                          chuban yoko-e (c. 17. 5 x 25. 5 cms / c. 6 7/8" x 10") Impression:  Very good. Colors:  Fine. Condition:  Fine. ref. no.: # 611958-2 Price: € 550.00

HAKONE is print no. 11in 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. - Four travellers on a boulder-strewn road in a gap in the pass. 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. 11.

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