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HIROSHIGE, Utagawa (1797 - 1858)		Suruga - Miho-no-ura fukei ('View of Miho Bay in Suruga Province')
		Signed:                     Hiroshige ga Sealed:                      Ichiryusai Published:                1845/46 Size:                          uchiwa-e (c. 18 x 29 cms / c. 9 1/2" x 14 3/8") FINE impression, excellent color. This FAN print (uchiwa-e) had formerly been mounted (ribmarks visible), therefore very slightly trimmed, faint soil, else very good condition. Very RARE. - Ex. Nomura collection, Tokyo. ref. no.: # 621992 - SOLD -

Miho Bay is located on the coast of Shizuoka Prefecture, near Eijiri, the eighteenth post-station of the Tokaido Highway. On the opposite coastline inscriptions identify the Kioymigaseki Barrier (left) and the Satta Pass (center), two well-known sites along the coast of Suruga Bay.

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