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Re: Japanese prints

Posted By: Stan
Posted Date: Feb 03, 2011 (12:30 AM)

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Tracy,

I looked at a some of the prints. One was the Hiroshige I print of the Totsuka station of the "53 Stations of the Tokaido" (see link below). Yours does not look like an original and it has been significantly trimmed into the image. Thus, it has little more than decorative value (say $50ish).

I'm pretty sure the same can be said about the one before it (Shirasuka station from the same series)
(http://www.hiroshige.org.uk/hiroshige/tokaido_hoeido/images/33_Shirasuka.jpg), Kanaya station
(http://www.hiroshige.org.uk/hiroshige/tokaido_hoeido/images/25_Kanaya.jpg), Yoshida station
(http://www.hiroshige.org.uk/hiroshige/tokaido_hoeido/images/35_Yoshida.jpg), Oiso station
(http://www.hiroshige.org.uk/hiroshige/tokaido_hoeido/images/09_Oiso.jpg), and Marika station
(http://www.hiroshige.org.uk/hiroshige/tokaido_hoeido/images/21_Mariko.jpg).

This is considered by many to be Hiroshige's best Tokaido series and it has been copied many times. Likely, all your prints are from the same set of reprints.

The same can also be said for the "Evening Shower at Atake and the Great Bridge" from Hiroshige's "100 Views of Edo" (http://www.hiroshige.org.uk/hiroshige/100_views_edo/100_views_edo.htm).

Cheers,
Stan

Link :Totsuka

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