Japan.- Byron (Robert).- Hiroshige III (Utagawa) Illustration of the Museum at the Second National Industrial Exhibition in Ueno, from the series 'Famous Places in Tokyo' (Tokyo meisho-Ueno k?en naikoku kangy? daini hakurankai bijutsukan zu), oban triptych of woodblock prints, printed in colours, each sheet approx. 360 x 250 mm (14 1/4 x 9 3/4 in), rough edges, handling creases, surface dirt, unframed, 1881; together with a triptych by Yoshikage Goto (1858-1922) with Officers raising cups and drinking in celebration, and with 10 other Japanese prints by various artists, all unframed, [late 19th century] (12)
Provenance:
Robert Byron (1905-41), travel writer and art historian. See also lot 306
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