Hiroshige -- "60-Odd Provinces -- Bingo Province, Kannon Temple at Abumon, #49"

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Artist Hiroshige (1797-1858)
Title "Bingo Province, Kannon Temple at Abumon, #49"
Date First printing 1853;
this edition Meiji "Memorial Edition" ca1900.
Provenance na
Series "Famous Places in Sixty Odd Provinces--Memorial Edition"
("Rokuju Yoshu Meisho Zue")
Publisher Seal unread
Seal, Carver/Printer na
Image Size 8 7/8 x 13 1/2
Impression Very Fine. Skillfully executed "bokashi" shading; highly detailed carving.
Condition Very Good++. Fresh, strong colors. (Light toning; some discoloration to sky/water areas; few scattered marks.)
Reference/Illus "1987 Ronin Gallery Catalogue" pl#49.
Comments Considered by many to be Hiroshige’s finest and most dramatic series. Faithfully re-printed using colors to emulate Hiroshige’s earlier prints with much attention to detail. Seldom seen.
Item # FG-101
Price $350 (Not a recent "re-strike"--guaranteed 100+ years old.)