Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)


Edo period (1615-1868), circa 1857An oban tate-e print of Fukagawa Mannenbashi (Mannen Bridge, Fukagawa), from the series Meisho Edo hyakkei (100 Famous Views of Edo), depicting a baby turtle dangling from its vendor's leash and beyond a section of the railing of Mannen Bridge, which lay at the entrance to the Onagi Canal, running though the Fukagawa district, where turtles were bred for sale as pets, published by Uoya Eikichi, censor's seals aratame, date seal snake 11 (1857), signed Hiroshige ga; mounted onto paper. 37.3cm x 25.2cm (14 5/8in x 9 7/8in).
|ProvenanceSold at Sotheby's, London, 26 April 1984, lot 223.