Flowering Peonies
$500
UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)
Flowering Peonies
circa 1845, woodblock printed in colors, tanzaku, signed 'Hiroshige Hitsu', censored by Mera Taichiro, with haiku poem 'I cast water on the ground and, for the moment, await the moon'
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13 ½ in. (34.3 cm.) x 4 3/8 in. (11 cm.)