Japanese Edo Woodblock Print Hiroshige Azuma Shrine Hundred Views Edo
item#: 1404682
price: SOLD
Japanese Edo period woodblock print titled “Azuma Shrine and the Entwined Camphor” (#31) depicting boats passing through the Jukkengawa Canal with cherry blossoms lining the embankment from the series “One Hundred Views of Famous Places in Edo” by Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) published by Uoya Eikichi (Uoei) in 7/1856. Paper: nearly 14” x 9 3/8” (image: 13 3/8” x 8 5/8”). Very good color and overall condition. There are tape stains to the margin edges verso that show through to front and there are some old repairs to wormage in the margins. Purchased in 1972 from the Uchida Gallery in Japan. Authentication certificate included.