Pair of Hiroshige Woodlblock Prints from "Thirty-Six Views of Mt. Fuji" (1891 Memorial Edition)

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Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797-1858). "In the Mountains of Izu Province" and "Ichikokubashi Bridge in Edo" two woodblock prints from "Fugaku sanjurokkei" (1891 Memorial Edition). 1891 CE. A pair of color woodblock prints from Hiroshige's late masterwork "Fugaku sanjurokkei" (Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji), issued in the 1891 memorial edition. "In the Mountains of Izu Province" sets a milky cascade tumbling between forested ridges of grey and jade, the snow-capped cone rising pale beyond. Its companion, "Ichikokubashi Bridge in Edo", carries travelers in blue and ochre across a timber span while a rose-flushed horizon frames a distant Fuji, weeping willows spilling over the right margin. Both retain the vertical cartouche at upper right, the artist's red seal, and the delicate bokashi gradations that made the series a summation of Hiroshige's landscape idiom. Printed in oban tate-e format on thin washi, matted and framed under glass. Size of print (both the same): 13.75" H x 9" W (34.9 cm H x 22.9 cm W); of frame: 19.5" H x 14.75" W (49.5 cm H x 37.5 cm W). Utagawa Hiroshige designed "Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji" in 1852, publishing it through Tsutaya Kichizo in the year of his death, 1858. Conceived in vertical oban format, it answered Katsushika Hokusai's celebrated horizontal series of the same name and became Hiroshige's valedictory statement on the mountain that had shadowed his entire career. Where Hokusai treated Fuji as a geometric protagonist, Hiroshige folded it into weather, distance, and human traffic: a pale silhouette glimpsed past willows, ferrymen, and gorges. The blocks were reissued in 1891 as a memorial edition. Meiji reissues of this kind were pulled from recut or surviving blocks with aniline-tinged pigments then newly available, and they are collected on their own terms as documents of the late-nineteenth-century revival of interest in ukiyo-e, a revival driven in no small part by Western japonisme. SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.).For those not using LiveAuctioneers' Live Ship program, Artemis Fine Arts offers expert in-house packing and worldwide shipping. With over 20 years of experience, our team provides careful, reliable, and affordable service. For a quick quote on this lot, please contact support@artemisfinearts.com prior to the auction, or call 720-890-7700. PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item #204531

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