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Subject:Re: help with woodblock identification
Posted By: Stan Mon, Jan 07, 2019
Your first print is by Hiroshige I titled Totsuka: The Cry of the Cuckoo, from the series Fifty-three Pairings for the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsui). For more details, see the one in the Boston MFA here:
https://www.mfa.org/collections/object/totsuka-the-cry-of-the-cuckoo-from-the-series-fifty-three-pairings-for-the-t%C3%B4kaid%C3%B4-road-t%C3%B4kaid%C3%B4-goj%C3%BBsan-tsui-226424
Your second print is by Kunisada (aka Toyokuni III) here signing as Kôchôrô Toyokuni. It is titled Fukuroi: The Legend of Sakura-ga-ike (Sakura-ga-ike no yurai), from the series Fifty-three Pairings for the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsui). For more details, see the one in the Boston MFA here:
https://www.mfa.org/collections/object/fukuroi-the-legend-of-sakura-ga-ike-sakura-ga-ike-no-yurai-from-the-series-fifty-three-pairings-for-the-t%C3%B4kaid%C3%B4-road-t%C3%B4kaid%C3%B4-goj%C3%BBsan-tsui-215008
Cheers,
Stan
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