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'View of Kusatsu', After Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川廣重, Ukiyo-e Woodblock, TokaidoCirca 1946
Circa 1946
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An ink on paper, Nishiki-e and Yoko-e woodblock landscape showing a view of a Kusatsu in Shiga Prefecture, circa 1850. Signed in Kanji lower right, "Hiroshige Ga" for Utagawa (Ando) Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797-1858) and printed circa 1946 by Gihachiro Okuyama (1907-1981). An exceptionally crisp image with fresh color, printed on traditional Washi paper and showing delicate bokashi gradation of sumi ink in the foreground. Sheet Dimensions: 10.25 H x 15.25 W inches.
Hiroshige’s depiction of a famous teahouse, known for its special rice cakes, is borrowed from a travel guidebook, Tōkaidō Meisho Ki (published in 1797). We see customers lined up to purchase said rice cakes within the shop, as well as a woman preparing them. In the foreground we see a pair of palanquins going opposite directions. These two illustrate the differing types and qualities of palanquins that were hireable, the one to the left being cheaper and less comfortable.
This example is from Okuyama's mid-century reissue of the artist's "Fifty Three Stations of the Tokaido Road", a series of Ukiyo-e prints created between 1833 and 1855. These depicted various views of the most important five main trade roads connecting Kyoto to modern-day Tokyo during the Edo period (1603-1868). A comic poem or "kyoka" also appears, inscribed in elegant kuzushiji script.
The best-known student of Utagawa Toyohiro (ca.1773-1829), Utagawa Hiroshige studied the Western style introduced by the founder of the Utagawa school, Toyoharu (1735-1814). Together with Hokusai, Hiroshige is considered one of the two leading Japanese landscape painters of the nineteenth century and he became one of the foremost representatives of the Ukiyo-e movement. He created more than 400 woodcut and woodblock prints of actors, warriors, courtesans and, particularly, naturalistic landscapes of Japan. Hiroshige's work was highly regarded in his own time and also became influential in the development of European Modernist painting of the late nineteenth century, especially that of the Impressionists and Post-Impressionists including Monet, Van Gogh and Gauguin.
(For descriptions of the individual works, we are indebted to Nicholas Scaglione and Professor Ingrid Furniss of Lafayette College). [H53]
- Creation Year:Circa 1946
- Dimensions:Height: 9 in (22.86 cm)Width: 13.75 in (34.93 cm)
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- After:Utagawa Hiroshige (Ando Hiroshige) (1797-1858, Japanese)
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- Condition:fresh colors; unframed; shows well.
- Gallery Location:Santa Cruz, CA
- Reference Number:Seller: H531stDibs: LU34414091132
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