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HIROSHIGE, Utagawa (1797 - 1858)		One hundred Views of Edo Benten Shrine and Inokashira Pond
		Signed:                      Hiroshige ga Publisher's seal:       Uoya Eikichi Date:                          4/1856 Size:                           oban tate-e (c. 37 x 25 cms / 14 1/2" x 9 7/8") Condition: FINE, impression with fresh, unfaded colors, wide margins, in FINE condition. ref. no.: # 743055 Price: € 3,500.00

View over the vast pond with its swampy riverbanks; herons are flying over the pond. At bottom left the small island with drum bridge and the shrine. Fog banks and a mountain range in the distance. - This is print no. #87 in the series. Reference: Braziller, "Hiroshige - One hundred Views of Edo"; Brooklyn Museum, 1986; no. #87. Shueisha (publ.), Ukiyo-e Taikei; vol. 17, no. 87; 1975.

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