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

Hamamatsu: Winter Scene

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UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)
Hamamatsu: Winter Scene
Woodblock print, from the series Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi (The fifty-three stations of the Tokaido), signed Hiroshige ga, published by Takenouchi Magohachi (Hoeido), 1833–34
Horizontal oban: 10 x 11 ¼ in. (25.4 x 38.6 cm.)

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Lot Essay

Travelers warming themselves at a bonfire under a large pine in the desolate winter scene. Hamamatsu in Shizuoka Prefecture, is the twenty-ninth station of the Tokaido. While important landmarks Hamamatsu Castle and Zazanza Pine Trees are distantly depicted, the plume of smoke and the stiff pine trunk at the center dominate the composition of this work.

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