Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)


Edo period (1615-1868), circa 1832-1834 and 1840-1842Seven oban yoko-e prints from the series known as Uozukushi (An Assortment of Fishes); the first and second of katsuo and sakura (bonito and cherries), with two kyoka poems in the upper section, signed Ichiryusai Hiroshige ga, the first with publisher's seal Eijudo and censor's seal kiwame, mounted on paper, the second, without the censor's and publisher's seals, mounted on card; the third and fourth of Ise-ebi and shiba-ebi (lobster and two shrimps), with two kyoka poems in the upper section, both with publisher's seal Eijudo of Nishimuraya Yohachi, censor's seal kiwame, signed Hiroshige ga, one mounted on card; the fifth, shimadai, ainame and nanten (spotted bream, rock trout and nandina), no publisher's seal, signed Hiroshige ga; the sixth and the seventh, two prints of tai and sansho (seabream and Japanese pepper), both with publisher's seal Eijudo of Nishimuraya Yohachi, signed Ichiryusai Hiroshige ga; together with a facsimile of a black seabream, two small seabream and a Japanese pepper. The smallest: 24.8cm x 36cm (9¾in x 14¼in); the largest: 26.4cm x 37.9cm (10 3/8in x 14 7/8in). (8).
|ProvenanceThe first: M. Nakazawa, Tokyo.The 'lobster and two shrimps' (one mounted on card): sold at Sotheby's London, 26 April 1984, lot 108.The 'seabream and Japanese pepper' (one with better colour): sold at Sotheby's London, 26 April 1984, lot 110.