Japanese Print "Returning Sailboats - Edo Kinko Hakkei" by Utagawa Hiroshige
Artist:Utagawa Hiroshige
Title:Returning Sailboats - Edo Kinko Hakkei
Date:Originally in 1837-38, this is a re-carved edition in ca. 1940-50.
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Source:artelino - Japanese Prints
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Description:
"Edo Kinko Hakkei no Uchi" (Eight Scenic Views around Edo) "Gyotoku Kihan" Returning sailboats near Gyotoku. The original edition had 3-4 "kyoka" (humorous and often satirical poems of 31 syllables) related to the scenery printed. Unlike the most of the later editions which had no poems or some poems had been altered, this edition has all the poems. The complete set of eight prints are rare.