Lot 794: f - SHOTEI HOKUJU, (FL. 1789-1818)

`TOKAIDO SATTA TÔGE NO ZU' (A PICTURE OF SATTA MOUNTAIN PASS ON THE TOKAIDO ROAD) FROM A SERIES OF PERSPECTIVE LANDSCAPE PRINTS

`TOKAIDO SATTA TÔGE NO ZU' (A PICTURE OF SATTA MOUNTAIN PASS ON THE TOKAIDO ROAD) FROM A SERIES OF PERSPECTIVE LANDSCAPE PRINTS

oban, 25.4 by 38.2cm., 10 by 15 1/16 in.

depicting travellers walking along the mountain pass at Satta on the Tokaido road, ships in the foreground, a snow-capped Mt. Fuji in the distance, censor's seal kiwame and publisher's mark of Yamamotoya Heikichi printed twice, signed Shotei Hokuju ga

Condition Note:

Good impression and colour, faint centre-fold, rather soiled, left edge slightly trimmed, a few pinholes

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