Dec 17, 2020 - Sale 2555

Sale 2555 - Lot 125

Price Realized: $ 3,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
(JAPAN -- TOKAIDO.) Ochikochi Doin; and Hishikawa Moronobu. Tokaido Bunken Ezu [A measured pictorial map of the Tokaido Road.] Part 1. Hand-colored woodblock route map of a portion of the Tokaido Road on 13 sheets of thin paper joined, 3-page printed introduction. 10 1/2x239 inches overall (nearly 20 feet); original lightly worn navy wrappers with manuscript title label; covers detached, several folds separated, a few small scattered stains. Japan, 1690

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Book 1 (of 5) of this delicately illustrated panoramic road map of the Tokaido Road. This segment includes a view of the route between Edo and Odawara and is fully hand-colored to emphasize each lovely detail.