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Edo prints

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	Design:	Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)
	Title:	The whirlpools at Naruto in the province of Awa (left)
	Size:	35.9 x 25.1 cm (ōban)
	Posthumous printing from newly cut woodblocks
	Photography:	Theo Janssen

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Enlargement

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Publisher’s seal in left margin:

Character	Reading	Meaning	Translation
内	uchi	inside
田	ta	rice field	Publisher:
版	han	edition	Uchida

Artist’s signature in left print area:

Character	Reading	Meaning	Translation
廣	hiro	broad
重	shige	heavy	Drawn by
筆	hitsu	writing brush	Hiroshige

Followed by artist’s Tōto Ikka seal:

Black censor seal reading aratame (‘inspected’), and black seal with original publishing date (Ansei 四 - the fourth year of the Ansei period - is 1857, since Ansei started in 1854) in top right of print area.

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References

• Forrer, Matthi (1994). Japanese Prints (2 volumes in slipcase). Vol. 10-11, Genève: Collections Baur.

• Forrer, Matthi (1997). Hiroshige, Prints and Drawings. London: Royal Academy of Arts and Prestel Verlag

• Narazaki, Muneshige, ed. (1988). Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections, Volume 12. The Berlin Oriental Art Museum. Tokyo: Kodansha International

• Newland, Amy, and Uhlenbeck, Chris, Eds. (1990). Ukiyo-e to Shin Hanga. New York: Mallard Press

• Uhlenbeck, Chris, and Jansen, Marije (2008). Hiroshige, Shaping the Image of Japan. Leiden: Hotei Publishing

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Provenance: Uchida Art Co