#972
Japanese woodblock print by HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)
"Field poppy and a brace of quails"
A Haiku-poem about a Mugi-quail and autumn dream.
Size: Chu-Tanzaku ban, 13 cm X 37.1 cm
Signature: Hiroshige hitsu
Red seal: Ichiyusai
Publisher: Kawasho (Kawaguchiya Shozo)
Printed date: 1830's
Note: Illustrated in the Masterworks of Ukiyo-e "Hokusai-Hiroshige, Studies in Nature" #37, from Hideo Hagiwara collection. Also illustrated in the catalogue of the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, 400 Ukiyoe woodblock prints from Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Collection of Japanese Prints #91.
Condition: Good impression, slightly faded colors, full size, a light small tape stain at top left corner on verso, a small paper glued at the top right corner on verso, very slightly soiled.
SOLD