Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)


Edo period (1615-1868), circa 1832-1834Three oban yoko-e prints from the series known as Uozukushi (An Assortment of Fishes); the first of bora, tsubaki and udo (grey mullet, camellia and udo) with two kyoka poems in the upper section, with publisher's seal Eijudo of Nishimuraya Yohachi, censor's seal kiwame, signed Hiroshige ga, 24.2cm x 36.1cm (9½in x 14¼in); the second of kochi and nasu (two flatheads and an eggplant), with two kyoka poems in the upper section, no publisher's seal, signed Ichiryusai Hiroshige ga, 24.8cm x 36.1cm (9¾in x 14¼in); the last of awabi, sayori and momo (abalone, halfbeak and peach blossom), with three kyoka poems in the upper section, white mica on one abalone, with publisher's seal Eijudo of Nishimuraya Yohachi, censor's seal kiwame, signed Ichiryusai Hiroshige ga, 25.7cm x 37.8cm (10 1/8in x 14 7/8in). (3).
|ProvenanceThe second: sold at Sotheby's London, 26 April 1984, lot 109.