UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858) / KIKUKAWA EIZAN (1787-1867)

Description:

Japan, late Edo period
36,5 x 24,5 cm / 68 x 23 cm
Utagawa Hiroshige:Oban tate-e, one woodblock print from the triptych' Ueno Shinobazu no ike yuki no kei' (Snow scene at Shinobazu pond in Ueno). Signature: Hiroshige ga. Censor's seal: Muramatsu and Yoshimura. Publisher: Joshuya Kinzo, ca. 1848-49 - Kikukawa Eizan: Two sheets joined vertically to create a kakemono-e, depicting a Bijin carrying her baby.
From an old South German private collection, in family posession since the early 20th c. - Minor traces of age, partly small holes, framed and glazed