Utagawa Hiroshige I and Utagawa Kunisada I - Biwa Hoshi On The Tokaido Road Near Maisaka The Fifty Three Stations of the Tokaido by two Brushes

Original Woodcut by the Japanese artists, Utagawa Hiroshige I & Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III).

Biwa Hoshi On The Tokaido Road Near Maisaka The Fifty Three Stations of the Tokaido by two Brushes Original Woodcut by the Japanese artists Utagawa Hiroshige I and Kunisada I Toyokuni III published by Maruya Kishuro

Biwa-Hoshi On The Tokaido Road Near Maisaka (No. 31) from the So-Hitsu Gojusan Tsugi (The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido by two Brushes)

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Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japan, 1797 - 1858)
#	Image	Title & Artist	Medium	Date	Publisher, Series, Signatures & Seals	Raisonne & Reference	-
01.-		A Cuckoo Flying over Ship's Masts (Hobashira to hototogisu) by Utagawa Hiroshige I	Original Woodcut	c. 1835	Publisher: Jakurindo, Artist's red 'Ichiryusai' seal under his signature of 'Hiroshige ga'	C. J. Bogel & I. Goldman, Hiroshige, Birds and Flowers, New York, George Braziller Inc., & the Rhode Island School of Design, 1988. Catalogue #89. (Illustrated opposite page.)	Sold
02.-		Biwa-Hoshi On The Tokaido Road Near Maisaka (Series: The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido by two Brushes) by Kunisada I and by Utagawa Hiroshige I	Original Woodcut	c. 1854 - 1857	Publisher: Maruya Kishuro, Series: Sohitsu gojusan tsugi (The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido by two Brushes)	Edward F. Strange, Hiroshige's Woodblock Prints, Dover Books, Toronto, 1983 (First published, 1925). Catalogue # 31 of the series and deals with the station of Maisaka	Sold
03.-		Hara (Series: The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road) by Utagawa Hiroshige I	Original Woodcut	1840	Publisher: Sanoki, Series: Tokaido Gojusan-tsugi no Uchi (The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road)	Edward F. Strange, Hiroshige's Woodblock Prints, Dover Books, Toronto, 1983 (First published, 1925). Catalogue #14	Sold
04.-		Namazu (Series: The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road) by Utagawa Hiroshige I	Original Woodcut	1840	Publisher: Sanoki, Series: Tokaido Gojusan-tsugi no Uchi (The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road)	Edward F. Strange, Hiroshige's Woodblock Prints, Dover Books, Toronto, 1983 (First published, 1925). Catalogue #13	Sold
05.-		Narumi (Series: The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido by two Brushes) by Kunisada I and by Utagawa Hiroshige I	Original Woodcut	c. 1854 - 1857	Publisher: Maruya Kishuro, Series: Sohitsu gojusan tsugi (The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido by two Brushes)	Edward F. Strange, Hiroshige's Woodblock Prints, Dover Books, Toronto, 1983 (First published, 1925). Catalogue #41	Sold
06.-		Wild Geese Flying Across a Crescent Moon (Mikazuki ni gan) by Utagawa Hiroshige I	Original Woodcut	c. 1835	Publisher: Jakurindo, Artist's red 'Ichiryusai' seal under his signature of 'Hiroshige ga'	C. J. Bogel & I. Goldman, Hiroshige, Birds and Flowers, New York, George Braziller Inc., & the Rhode Island School of Design, 1988. Catalogue #90	Sold
07.-		Woman Fulling Cloth (Series of Figure Sketches) by Utagawa Hiroshige I	Original Woodcut	c. 1820 - 1825	Artist's red 'Ichiryusai' seal under his signature of 'Hiroshige ga'	In 1820 Hiroshige designed a series of eight woodcuts, each of which dealt with a visual comparison of women with scenery.	Sold

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Utagawa Kunisada I 'Toyokuni III' (Japan, 1786 - 1864)
#	Image	Title & Artist	Medium	Date	Notes	-
01.-		A Beautiful Woman from the Tale of Genji (Nise murasaki inaka genji) by Kunisada	Original Woodcut	1831	Publisher: Senkakudo
02.-		A Beautiful Woman in an Interior by Kunisada	Original Woodcut	c. 1849 - 1853	'Toyokuni' Signature, Publisher: Kichizo	Sold
03.-		Hana (Flowers) Kacho fugetsu no uchi (Series: Flowers, Birds, Wind & Moon) by Kunisada	Original Woodcut	1847 - 1851	Signed: Kochoro Toyokuni ga, Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi	Sold
04.-		A Nobleman in a Boat by Kunisada	Original Woodcut	c. 1820 - 1827	'Gototei Kunisada' Signature	Sold
05.-		A Pilgrimage to Mount Fuji by Kunisada	Original Woodcut	c. 1849 - 1853	'Toyokuni' Signature, Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizo	Sold
06.-		A Seated Nobleman from the Tale of Genji (Nise Murasaki Inaka Genji) by Kunisada	Original Woodcut	1839	Publisher: Senkakudo	Sold
07.-		Actors Arashi Hinasuke I as Oboshi Yuranosuke and Ichikawa Monnosuke III as Oboshi Rikiya Seated in Front of the Prayer Table	Original Woodcut	1847-1852	Signed: Ichiyosai Toyokuni ga, Publisher: Miyakozawa
08.-		Actors Ichimura Uzaemon XIII as Kincho's Son (Segare) Kinko, Seki Sanjuro III as Iyam (Playing Hagoita) by Kunisada	Original Woodcut	1856	Signed: Toyokuni ga, Publisher: Omiya Kyujiro
09.-		An Actor in The Role of a Warrior, Kabuki Play (Ichikawa Ebizo V as Shirafuji Genta) by Kunisada	Original Woodcut	1840	Signed: Gototei Kunisada ga, Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikich	Sold
10.-		An Autumn Stroll in a Garden Landscape by Kunisada	Original Woodcut	1854	'Toyokuni' Signature	Sold
11.-		An Old Man and a Young Woman from the Tale of Genji (Nise Murasaki Inaka Genji) by Kunisada	Two Original Woodcuts	Between 1829 & 1842	Publisher: Senkakudo
12.-		Biwa-Hoshi On The Tokaido Road Near Maisaka: Sohitsu gojusan tsugi (The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido by two Brushes) by Kunisada and Hiroshige	Original Woodcut	c. 1854 - 1857	Signed Hiroshige ga & Kunisada ga, Publisher: Maruya Kishuro	Sold
13.-		Narumi: Sohitsu gojusan tsugi (The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido by two Brushes) by Kunisada and Hiroshige	Original Woodcut	c. 1854 - 1857	Hiroshige hitsu & Toyokuni ga (with Censor Seals), Publisher: Maruya Kishuro	Sold
14.-		Genji noryo no kei (Nobleman With a Fan, Banks of the Sumida River, Edo) by Kunisada	Original Woodcut	1861	Toyokuni' Signature, Publisher: Hiranoya
15.-		Portrait of a Nobleman with a Fan and a Flute by Kunisada	Original Woodcut	c. 1820 - 1827	'Gototei Kunisada' Signature	Sold
16.-		Princess Takiyasha-hime (The Beautiful Sorceress) by Kunisada	Original Woodcut	1850	'Toyokuni' Signature, Publisher: Sumiyoshiya Masagoro, of Yotsuya	Sold
17.-		Sangi Hitoshi (Ogura Hyakunin Isshu - A Pictoral Comentary on One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets) by Kunisada	Original Woodcut	1845	Signed: Ichiyusai Toyokuni ga, Publisher: Sanoya Kihei
18.-		The Legend of The Nine Tailed Fox (Yamato Province: Fox (Kitsune) Tadanobu) by Kunisada I and Kunisada II	Original Woodcut	1845	Signed: Ichiyosai Toyokuni ga (within the main image); Toyokuni monjin Kunimasa ga (on the insert) Publisher: Aamitaya Kiyoyemon	Sold
19.-		Three Figures in a Winter Landscape (Travelers in the Snow) by Kunisada	Original Woodcut	c.1820 - 1827	'Gototei Kunisada' Signature	Sold
20.-		Yotsuya: Actor Bando Hikosaburo V as the Ghost of Oiwa (Flowers of Edo and Views of Famous) by Kunisada and Sadahide	Original Woodcut	1863	Signed: Toyokuni ga, (bottom right); & Tou ga (top); Sadahide ga (Bottom left), Publisher: Katoya Iwazo

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Title:	Biwa-Hoshi On The Tokaido Road Near Maisaka (No. 31 from The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido by two Brushes)
Artist:	Utagawa Hiroshige I, Utagawa (Japan, 1797 - 1858)
Artist:	Utagawa Kunisada I 'Toyokuni III' (Japan, 1786 - 1864)
Date:	Between 1854 & 1857
Medium:	Original Japanese Woodcut
Publisher:	Maruya Kishuro
Signed:	Hiroshige ga & Kunisada ga
Source:	Sohitsu gojusan tsugi (The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido by two Brushes)
	Utagawa Hiroshige I: Undoubtedly, the two greatest masters of Japanese landscape art are Hiroshige and Hokusai. Hiroshige --perhaps the most lyrical landscape artist of any time -- was born into a low ranking samurai family in the capital city of Edo. He became a pupil of Toyohiro at the age of fifteen and also studied the art of the Utagawa School. He started his career as a book illustrator and then turned to portrayals of beautiful women. It wasn't until seeing Hokusai's Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji that Hiroshige turned almost exclusively to his famous landscape art.
	As Hokusai's art is forever linked with the landscape of Mt. Fuji, Hiroshige's art will always be best remembered for his scenes along the Tokaido Road. This was the 490 kilometer route that joined the two great capitals of Kyoto and Edo (Tokyo), and formed a sacred pilgrimage of fifty-three stages or places for all who traveled it. Hiroshige's first series of views of the fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido was published in 1834. During the following years this great artist produced many amazing woodcuts of views in and around Edo, Osaka, Ohmi and Kyoto. Yet, almost until his death, he kept returning to the spiritual landscape scenes of the Tokaido Road.
	Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III): Perhaps the best known printmaking artist of his day, Kunisada apprenticed under Toyokuni. Kunisada's earliest woodcuts date from 1809 and he quickly established himself as a master of figure and character studies. Because of his chronological changes of signatures, Kunisada's woodcuts are not difficult to date: his first works were signed, 'Ichiyusai Kunisada', and bear the definite influence of his master. About 1813, he began inscribing his woodcuts, 'Gototei Kunisada', and from 1827, he adopted the 'go' or 'ga' suffix. Finally, in 1844, he took his deceased master's name -- a not uncommon practice in Japanese art -- and signed his works, 'Toyokuni'. This original woodcut is thus signed, 'Toyokuni'.
	When the Western world first discovered the artistic value of the Japanese woodcut (c. 1865) it was the designs of Kunisada which primarily attracted the greatest attention. His superb use of line, form and colour influenced an entire legion of European artists. Toulouse-Lautrec, Whistler, Van Gogh, Vuillard, Bonnard and many others all owed a considerable deal to the splendid creations of this Japanese master of the woodcut.
	Sohitsu gojusan tsugi (The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido by two Brushes) represents one of the finest collaborative efforts by two master artists in the history of the Japanese woodcut. The 'two brushes' were, of course, Hiroshige and Kunisada, who worked on this series of 53 prints from 1854 through 1857. Hiroshige and Kunisada were close companions and had worked together on various single sheet compositions before. Kunisada in fact was chosen to make Hiroshige's memorial portrait woodcut upon his death in 1858.
	For each print in this spectacular series, Hiroshige created the landscapes and Kunisada designed the figures in the foreground. This original woodcut is #31 of the series and deals with the station of Maisaka. In the background Hiroshige has depicted a beautiful view of Hamanako Lagoon. The landscape is typical of Hiroshige's late, lyrical genius.
	In the foreground, Kunisada has depicted a grouping of three 'Biwa-Hoshi'. These were blind minstrels who made their livings by playing the stringed instrument known as the biwa. As one can see in this original woodcut, Kunisada was a master of figure studies. The strength of this woodcut and of the entire series is therefore the greatest talents of two famous artists were used to their fullest.
Raisonne:	Edward F. Strange, Hiroshige's Woodblock Prints, Dover Books, Toronto, 1983 (First published, 1925), pp. 156-157. Catalogue # 31 of the series and deals with the station of Maisaka.
Size:	Oban (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
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Condition:	Printed upon mid nineteenth century Japanese mulberry (rice) paper and with full margins as published by Maruya Kishuro between 1854 and 1857 for the series: Sohitsu gojusan tsugi (The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido by two Brushes). Slight soiling and thinning to the paper is apparent, particularly in the margins. The right-hand margin also contains a small tear, which does not intrude into the actual image. Else this is a very good impression bearing all the vibrant colours and fine lines of an early printing. Biwa-Hoshi on the Tokaido Road Near Maisaka is simply a spectacular, original example of the art of Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) and the famous landscape art of Utagawa Hiroshige I.
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Utagawa Hiroshige I & Utagawa Kunisada I

Biwa-Hoshi On The Tokaido Road Near Maisaka (The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido by two Brushes)