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HIROSHIGE, Utagawa (1797 - 1858)		One hundred Views of Edo Dawn inside the Yoshiwara
		Signed:                      Hiroshige ga Publisher's seal:       Uoya Eikichi Date:                          4/1857 Size:                           oban tate-e (c. 35.5 x 23.5 cms / 14" x 9 1/4") Condition: FINE impression and color, margins minimally trimmed, else fine condition. ref. no.: # 712647 Price: € 1,650.00

"In one of the most beautifully executed prints of the entire series, Hiroshige has here placed us in a strangely evocative zone of transition, as dawn begins to break in the Yoshiwara licensed quarter." (Henry D. Smith II in "HIROSHIGE - One Hundred Famous Views of Edo", The Brooklyn Museum, NY, 1986.

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