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Subject: ltd. ed. reprint of Hiroshige's "53 Stations of the Tokaido Road"
Posted By: Roger L Gelpey Mon, Apr 12, 2021 IP: 74.104.178.71

I am hoping that someone here can shed some light on a set of reproduction prints (litho) referenced above. I didn't have any illusions about any great value but would appreciate it if someone could translate the label inside the box. Another detail that I am curious about is what looks like the edition/printing date on the label, am I reading it correctly at Dec. 21, 2002?


20210412-164406

20210412-164447

20210412-164532

20210412-164619

Tokaido
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Subject:Re: ltd. ed. reprint of Hiroshige's "53 Stations of the Tokaido Road"
Posted By: J. Boussinesq Tue, Apr 13, 2021

The date is Showa 54 (1979) and the publisher is 野間省一 (Noma Shoichi).

Are you sure this is a lithograph? The list price is 180,000 yen, which was a lot of money in 1979 ($1800?)

Subject:Re: ltd. ed. reprint of Hiroshige's "53 Stations of the Tokaido Road"
Posted By: Roger L Gelpey Wed, Apr 14, 2021

Thank you very much or the info! Does it list the edition size at all?

Subject:Re: ltd. ed. reprint of Hiroshige's "53 Stations of the Tokaido Road"
Posted By: J. Boussinesq Thu, Apr 15, 2021

The set is number 317, but I didn't see an edition size. It just says limited production number (限定作製番号) above the 317.

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Subject:Re: ltd. ed. reprint of Hiroshige's "53 Stations of the Tokaido Road"
Posted By: Roger L Gelpey Fri, Apr 16, 2021

Thanks again for the help! I took a loupe to one of the prints and they are indeed machine offset lithographs albeit high quality ones. I can find no additional info on this edition but found that the publishers have done many pricey (well into the thousands) limited books throughout the years.


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