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Mt. Fuji and Tea Box
by Hiroshige II Utagawa 1829-1869
| Item | 31529 |
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| Date Sold | Sunday, February 10, 2008 |
| Title | Mt. Fuji and Tea Box |
| rare large size | |
| Artist | Hiroshige II Utagawa 1829-1869 |
| Description | "Dainippon Meisho no Uchi; Hakone Sanjo no Kosui". (The Famous Places of Japan; Lake at the Top of the Hakone Mountain). Rare, large size woodblock print made for advertisement for the tea box maker, Masuya, in Yokohama. A carrier is travelling two tea boxes on shoulder. It is a mundane scenery for him but travellers and hikers are marvelling the grand scenery of Mt. Fuji over Lake Hakone from the mountain road.. |
| Signature | Hiroshige. |
| Dated | Ca. Late 1860s. |
| Medium/Technique | Woodblock print. |
| Impression | Good. |
| Colors | Very good. |
| Condition | Good ... Paper toning, slightly mottled toning on the sky. A dozen foxing on the right margin, Margin edges frayed. Missing parts on the margins. A vertical center fold and a line next to it. Light creases and wear. Three tears up to ca. 1 cm = 0,4 inch long, on the top, right and bottom margin. Several ink stains on left and right margins and in the image. |
| Width Item | 20.1 inches = 51.0 cm |
| Height Item | 15.0 inches = 38.0 cm |
| Width Image | 17.5 inches = 44.5 cm |
| Height Image | 14.2 inches = 36.0 cm |
| Related Article | Mount Fuji |
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