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Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)

N° Z 02310

An eagle is majestically flying over the wintry marshes of Fukagawa Susaki and Jumantsubo (view from Fukagawa Susaki, a spit of land along Edo Bay, toward Jumantsubo).

Title: Fukagawa Susaki Jûmantsubo (Fukagawa Susaki and Jumantsubo)

Series: Meisho Edo hyakkei (Hundred famous views of Edo)

Signature: Hiroshige ga
Publisher: Uo-Ei (Uo-ya Eikichi)

Date: 1857
Size: Oban, 33,8 x 22,4 cm

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Enlarged picture

Perfect impression with excellent colours, well visible wooden grain and glossy overperint at the eagle's claws, relief printing in the title cartouche. First state. Margins neatly replaced, minor creases at lower part.

Lane p 253, No 315 (107). Ukiyo-e Taikei, vol. 17, No 107 (Fig.), Smith, No 107 (Fig.)

This view is one of the most dramatic designs of the series. Its appeal lies in the contrast between the powerful form of the eagle as it prepares to dive for prey and the desolate wintry marshes below.

One of the greatest masterpieces of art by Utagawa Hiroshige in a first state's perfect impression.

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