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Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858), JapanNishike e print ,...

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Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858), JapanNishike e print , ink and polychrome on paper, chû tanzaku format. Grasshopper and volubilis, asagao ni kirigirisu - 朝顔にきりぎりす. Illustrated with a haiku poem by Oota Hajô (1678-1744): "the day the volubilis do not open, that day!" - Asagao no/akarenu sono hi/sono hi ka na - 朝顔の あかれぬその日 その日かな. Signed Hiroshige hitsu, Kiwame censor stamp. Publisher: Kawaguchiya Shōzō (Shōeidō, Eisendō). 37.6 x 12.7 cm