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Subject:help with woodblock identification
Posted By: John A. Sun, Jan 06, 2019 IP: 2601:1c0:5c01:293d:c

Any help is appreciated on origin, age, artist, translation etc







Subject:Re: help with woodblock identification
Posted By: Stan Mon, Jan 07, 2019

Your first print is by Hiroshige I titled Totsuka: The Cry of the Cuckoo, from the series Fifty-three Pairings for the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsui). For more details, see the one in the Boston MFA here:

https://www.mfa.org/collections/object/totsuka-the-cry-of-the-cuckoo-from-the-series-fifty-three-pairings-for-the-t%C3%B4kaid%C3%B4-road-t%C3%B4kaid%C3%B4-goj%C3%BBsan-tsui-226424

Your second print is by Kunisada (aka Toyokuni III) here signing as Kôchôrô Toyokuni. It is titled Fukuroi: The Legend of Sakura-ga-ike (Sakura-ga-ike no yurai), from the series Fifty-three Pairings for the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsui). For more details, see the one in the Boston MFA here:

https://www.mfa.org/collections/object/fukuroi-the-legend-of-sakura-ga-ike-sakura-ga-ike-no-yurai-from-the-series-fifty-three-pairings-for-the-t%C3%B4kaid%C3%B4-road-t%C3%B4kaid%C3%B4-goj%C3%BBsan-tsui-215008

Cheers,
Stan

Subject:Re: help with woodblock identification
Posted By: John A. Tue, Jan 08, 2019

A great help ! Thank you


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