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Japanese Edo period woodblock print by Utagawa Hirokage (active 1855-1865) titled Hiroko Street in Ueno (#32) from the series “Comical Views of Famous Places in Edo” published by Tsujiokaya Bunsuke (Kinshodo) in 1859. The print illustrates a playful comic street scene under a starlit night and shows the incorporation of western perspective. Paper measures nearly 13"V x 8 7/8"H. Good overall condition. The print is not backed and the baren marks are highly visible on the reverse side. The margins have been trimmed, fading is evident, and there are some tiny paper losses and tears at the edges. There are binding holes on the left side and two old archival tape repairs to small tears are on back. The wrinkling of the paper at the lower left is more pronounced in the images than in the print itself. This image and a selection of prints from this series can be found in the William Sturgis Bigelow Collection at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts.
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