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Utagawa HIROSHIGE I (1797 - 1858) from 'Six Jewel Rivers in Various Provinces' (Shokoku Mu Tamagawa):
- Noda Tama River -

Signed:                       Hiroshige ga
Sealed:                       Hiroshige ga
Publisher:                  Sanoya Kihei (Sano-Ki)
Censor's seal:            kiwame
Published:                 1832-34
Size:                           Horizontal chûban; c. 16.5 x 21.5 cms / c. 6 1/2" x 8 1/2"



EXCELLENT, EARLY impression, FINE colors; very minor soil,
thinnings along right margin; backed, - else in very good condition. -
Impressions of prints from this six-part series are EXTREMELY RARE!

ref. no.: # 763235
- Sold -
The series, Shokoku Mu Tamagawa ('Six Jewel Rivers in the Provinces'), depicts Jewel Rivers in six provinces, each associated with classical poems. This print depicts Noji (Hagi) Tama River in Yamato province: an aristocrat with his consorts is on a cliff looking down to the reflection of the full moon in the water.
The waka poem is by Minamoto no Toshiyori (1055-1129): "Let us return again tomorrow to the Jewel River at Noji, where surrounded by bush clover the moon floats on colored ripples."
Fan prints by Hiroshige are now rare, - more so those from this particular series. Two other designs of this rarely seen fan-shape window version are in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Reference:
Tsuneo Tamba, "The Art of Hiroshige"; 1965; no. 303 (another design from the series).

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