Asian Arts | Associations | Articles | Exhibitions | Galleries | Message Board

I am continuing to find interesting items in the collections of my elderly neighbor.

This print is one I have not been able to find. It's on Hand made paper. Triptych (3 prints) each is Oban size. Can somone please tell me the maker and if it's a first, second, third state?

Thank you, Dan E.

It's by Utagawa Shigenobu (who became Hiroshige II, 1829-1869).
The triptych is titled "Oigawa kachiwatari" (Crossing or ferry at the River Oi), dated 4th month 1852 (date seal indicating year of the Rat, 4th month and 2 Nanushi censor seals). Edward Strange in the "Colour-prints of Hiroshige" mentions that there are two versions of this triptych. I don't know which state this exactly is.

Best regards,
Guy.

Guy,

Thank you so much. I was reading how the shogunate didn't build bridges and said it was because the water was so swift but many believe that the lack of bridges was an attempt to slow attacking enemy forces. It's an interesting image.

Dan E.

Asian Arts | Associations | Articles | Exhibitions | Galleries | Message Board