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HIROSHIGE, Utagawa (1797 - 1858)		The Ffty-three stations of the Tokaido  ('Tokaido gojusan tsugi') Kyoto: Sanjo Bridge
		Signed:                     Hiroshige ga Publisher's seal:    Sanoki Published:                c. 1840 Size:                          chuban yoko-e (c. 16. 5 x 22. 5 cms / c. 6 1/2" x 8 7/8") Impression:  very good Colors:  very good Condition:  very good ref. no.: # 581639 Price: € 550.00

SANJO BRIDGE at KYOTO, the end of the Tokaido road and so the end of the journey from Tokyo to Kyoto, is print no. 55 in the series; - a view of the palace at Kyoto completes the series of fifty-six chuban-sized prints. Each print carries a comic poem ('kyoka'), hence known as the kyoka Tokaido series. Travelers crossing the bridge to enter the town on the farther bank of the river; beyond is a wooded range, with a high mountain range in the distance. - Note the way the bridge goes back, in violent perspective, from the center of the foreground, towards the city. -

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