Japanese Ukiyo-e Woodblock Print Hiroshige Utagawa

This is a Japanese woodblock plint Ukiyo-e. This is a reprint of Hiroshige Utagawa’s 名所江戸百景 (One Hundred Famous Views of Edo). The sculptor is Torazo Matsuda and the printer is Tadao Endo. The scenery of the courtesan procession is printed.

Ukiyo-e is a genre of Japanese art that flourished from the 17th through 19th centuries. Its artists produced woodblock prints and paintings of such subjects as female beauties, kabuki actors and sumo wrestlers, scenes from history and folk tales, travel scenes and landscapes, flora and fauna, and erotica.

• Japanese Ukiyo-e 
• Hiroshige Utagawa
• Woodblock print (Hanga),  ink print
• Paper 
• Item weight: 85 grams
• Packed weight: 285 grams
• C1970
• Approx. 37.7 cm long x 25.5 cm wide
• Good condition considering its age. Tear on the cover paper. The cover paper and the paper are stuck. Wear and tear due to age. Please see the photos. 
• This piece was purchased at the famous Osu Antique Market in Nagoya

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