UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)
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UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)

Yase no sato (The village of Yase)

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UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)
Yase no sato (The village of Yase)
Woodblock print, from the series Kyoto meisho no uchi (Famous views of Kyoto), signed Hiroshige ga, published by Kawaguchiya Shozo (Eisendo), circa 1834
Horizontal oban: 9 3/8 x 14 ¾ in. (23.8 x 37.5 cm.)

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Three women, one carrying a ladder, another a tray and the third a bundle of branches, walk along a path through a green field. A fourth figure in the distance leads a packhorse up the hill along the path behind them; the roofs of Yase village are just visible over the crest of the hill.

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