Hiroshige | Camellia and Bullfinch

Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川 広重 / Andō Hiroshige 安藤 広重 (1797 – 1858)
Date: Early 1830s, 1964 Reprint
Publisher: Unknown (1830s), Shūeisha (1964)
Title: Camellia and Bullfinch | 椿に鷽
Medium: Offset lithograph printed on tradtional Japanese handmade washi paper
Size: 17cm x 38.5cm (Hoso-ban); Envelope 31.5 cm x 46 cm

Inscription
Poem: Hakisôji/ shite kara ochiru/ tsubaki ka na
はき除掃　してから落る　椿かな

Signed
Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆

The Shūeisha Masterpieces collection includes what many art historians consider the rarest and most representative works in the history of ukiyo-e. In order to make these rare works more accessible, Shūeisha commissioned a collection encompassing some of the greatest works of the most renowned masters in the history of the Japanese tradition.

These works were commissioned from original first impressions housed in collections all around the world, with the process overseen by a team of art historians. Each piece was reproduced on an authentic ukiyo-e washi broadsheet using a polychrome offset lithographic printing process, and comes mounted to an individual envelope noting the artist name, and series print number.

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