Bidspirit auction | LOT OF JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINTS

LOT OF JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINTS BY UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE - Utagawa Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797 to 1858, a collection of six Japanese Taisho era ukiyo e color woodblock prints on Washi paper from the Series: The Fifty Three Stations of the Tokaido Road, 1925. Publisher: Takamizawa, Saitama. Each is signed in the plate, and red seals. Utagawa Hiroshige, born Ando Tokutaro, was a Japanese ukiyo e artist, considered the last great master of that tradition. Hiroshige is best known for his horizontal format landscape series The Fifty three Stations of the Tokaido and for his vertical format landscape series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo. The subjects of his work were atypical of the ukiyo e genre, whose typical focus was on beautiful women, popular actors, and other scenes of the urban pleasure districts of Japans Edo period, 1603 to 1868. Antique Asian and Oriental Graphic Art Prints and Collectibles. Dimensions Paper 8 3/8 x 11 3/8 in. Image 7 x 9 1/2 in. All measurements are approximate. Condition Overall good vintage condition. Signs of age and wear. Stains. Refer to photos. Sold As Is.