Antique~Japanese Wood Block print~Woodblock~Hiroshige

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PLEASE DO NOT BID IF YOU DON'T INTEND ON PAYING! "I COMBINE SHIPPING COSTS TO SAVE YOU MONEY!!!!! " *********************************************** *** WE SHIP IN 24-48 HOURS OF RECEIPT OF PAYMENT *** ********************************************** Up for Auction is this VERY WELL DONE original Hiroshige woodblock print. It is signed on the bottom left. The colors are chrisp, bright and clear. The frame measures 7 1/2" x 5 1/4", painting is 5 1/4" x 3 1/2". (the stand show in the third is not included). Hiroshige is a well know listed artist. We have a second Hiroshige up this week as well as two larger original Hsuchiya Kitsu woodblock prints. We will be more than happy to combine shipping charges if you win more than one of out items (shipping on combined items is base on actual shipping charges as chaged by the US postal service) We will start this acution VERY LOW with NO RESERVE Hiroshige (1797-1858), well know Japanese painter and printmaker, known especially for his landscape prints. The last great figure of the Ukiyo-e, or popular, school of printmaking, he transmuted everyday landscapes into intimate, lyrical scenes that made him even more successful than his contemporary, Hokusai. Ando Hiroshige was born in Edo (now Tokyo) and at first, like his father, was a fire warden. The prints of Hokusai are said to have first kindled in him the desire to become an artist, and he entered the studio of Utagawa Toyohiro, a renowned painter, as an apprentice. In 1812 Hiroshige took his teacher's name (a sign of graduation), signing his work Utagawa Hiroshige. His career falls roughly into three periods. From 1811 to about 1830 he created prints of traditional subjects such as young women and actors. During the next 15 years he won fame as a landscape artist, reaching a peak of success and achievement in 1833 when his masterpiece, the print series Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (scenes on the highway connecting Edo and Kyoto), was published. He maintained this high level of craftmanship in other travel series, including Celebrated Places in Japan and Sixty-nine Stations on the Kiso Highway . He died of cholera on October 12, 1858, in Edo. With Hokusai, Hiroshige dominated the popular art of Japan in the first half of the 19th century. He captured, in a poetic, gentle way that all could understand, the ordinary person's experience of the Japanese landscape as well as the varied moods of memorable places at different times. We will start this out VERY LOW with no reserve. We will start this auction low with NO RESERVE ......Thanks for looking and happy bidding!!. WE SHIP ONLY TO THE USA, CANADA, UK, GERMANY and AUSTRALIA. ALL OTHER COUNTRIES PLEASE ASK BEFORE BIDDING. Unfortunatly we do not ship to Italy, china, Spain, Tawian or singapore -Please note, I check email every 3-4 days so please do not worry if I do not reply right away. Thank you. -If you win more than one item I will send you a combined shipping invoice with an adjusted shipping amount at the end of the auction. This is based on actual weight and can substantially save you allot of money in shipping costs. - I require insurance on all of my items. I take great care in packaging each item to avoid breakage. Unfortunately, items do get damaged during shipping. If this should happen, the address label on the front of the package is bar coded with the proper insurance information. Please keep the original box (with the label) packing material, a copy of the ebay auction and bring them to your local post office, they will help you fill out a claim form for the damage. This does not often happen but it is better to be safe than sorry. Thanks for looking, have a wonderful day.. PLEASE NOTE: I Am a GOLD Power Seller and have much experience on ebay. I make very special efforts to pack items very carefully to avoid any damage during shipping... read more

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