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HIROSHIGE II, Utagawa
(1829 - 1869) 		ONE HUNDRED VIEWS OF FAMOUS PLACES IN THE PROVINCES
('Shokoku meisho hyakkei')
'Shinshu (Shinano) province.  Lake Suwa in Winter'

Signed:                     Hiroshige ga
Publisher's seal:    Uo-ya Eikichi
Dated:                       3rd lunar month of the year 1860
Size:                          oban tate-e (c. 37 x 24. 5 cms / 14 1/2" x 9 5/8")

Condition:
Impression:    very fine, of the FIRST EDITION
Colors:            very fine
Condition:       fine overall. - Wide margins. -



ref. no.: # 561495
In the lower left foreground we see men fishing for eel in the frozen lake, while another group at right is burning wood, thus producing a huge cloud of smoke which partly blocks the view of Mt. Fuji in the distance.

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