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Yoshiwara - 吉原
by Hiroshige 1, Utagawa (1797-1858) - 歌川広重

Artist:	Hiroshige 1, Utagawa (1797-1858) - 歌川広重
Title:	Yoshiwara - 吉原
Series:	Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido (Hoeido) - 東海道五十三次 - 保永堂版
Date:	1833 (this artwork: 1950s/60s)
Publisher:	Yamada Shoin
Medium:	Woodblock - 木版画
Format:	Oban - 大判, 39 x 26cm
Condition:	Very good condition. Full margins. Some mild natural age toning. Some roughness/creasing original to the paper in mid-left area. Never framed.
Price:	Sold
Artwork Code:	8510-Hiroshige
Notes:	This print is still mounted in its original windowed folder. Prints from this series were originally published by Hoeido in 1833, and then later re-published from recarved blocks by Yamada Shoin as a limited edition - two prints per month (if you can read Japanese, see the series pamphlet below). Included were a large table of contents, series pamphlet, and series notebook on the Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido (see more series information here).
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