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Utagawa Hiroshige II (1829-1869)

U 28108 - 74

Manschu crane (Red-headed crane) in front of flowering branches. A poem in the upper part.

Signature: Risshô (Ryûshô) hitsu

No publisher

Censor's seal/Date: Aratame, year of the ox, 11th month (11/1865)

Size: Chû-Tanzaku, 35,2 x 11,7 cm

Very good impression, good colours, somewhat faded. Lower and upper margin probably somewhat trimmed. Paper a little bit toned, mounted on extremely thin paper.

€ 785,-

Enlarged picture

One of the few known Kachô prints, made during the four last years of Hiroshige II, when he lived in Yokohama and mostly signed with the name Risshô.

An other Kachô-e with the same date seal you find in Hiroshige, The James A. Michener Collection, Honolulu Academy of Arts, 1991, No VIII-2-16 (signed Hiroshige, but also without publisher)


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