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Viewing snow at Mount Matchi. (Matsuchiyama no yukimi.)

c. 1930

About the Item

Torii Kiyonaga. (after). Twentieth-century woodcut printed on silk, based on the original Kiyonaga 1784 woodblock. 13 1/2 x 6 1/2 (image and sheet). Scattered foxing. Signed "Torii Kiyonaga" lower right. Housed in a decorative carved 19 x 23-inch silver wood frame. A man and two women stand in the snow outside a shrine; one woman carries an offering. The artist Torii Kiyonaga (1752–1815) has been described as “the preeminent leader in... the golden age of ukiyo-e prints.” As Chie Hirano, who in 1939 published a monograph of over 1,000 prints by the artist, explained, “He understood the human body much more thoroughly than other ukiyo-e artists, and by beautifying it he created a healthy and noble type of his own.” From ancient times to the present, the Japanese people have celebrated the beauty of the seasons and the poignancy of their inevitable evanescence through the many festivals and rituals that fill their year—from the welcoming of spring at the lunar New Year to picnics under the blossoming cherry trees to offerings made to the harvest moon. Poetry provided the earliest artistic outlet for the expression of these impulses. Painters and artisans in created images of visual beauty in response to seasonal themes and poetic inspiration. In this way, artists in Japan created meditations on the fleeting seasons of life and, through them, expressed essential truths about the nature of human experience.
  • Creation Year:
    c. 1930
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 19 in (48.26 cm)Width: 23 in (58.42 cm)Depth: 2 in (5.08 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Movement & Style:
  • After:
    Torii Kiyonaga (1752 - 1815, Japanese)
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  • Condition:
  • Gallery Location:
    Storrs, CT
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU33527662342
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