Eight Scenic Spots - Lithograph After Utagawa Hiroshige - Mid 20th Century

Mid 20th Century

Scenic Spots in Kyoto is a modern artwork realized in the Mid-20th Century. Mixed colored lithograph after a woodcut realized by the great Japanese artist Utagawa Hiroshige in the 1...

Eight Scenic Spots in Kanazawa is a modern artwork realized in the Mid-20th Century. Mixed colored lithograph after a woodcut realized by the great Japanese artist Utagawa Hiroshige...

The Sea- Eight Scenic Spots in Kanazawa is a modern artwork realized in the Mid-20th Century. Mixed colored lithograph after a woodcut realized by the great Japanese artist Utagawa ...

The Rain - Eight Scenic Spots in Suburban Edo is a modern artwork realized in the Mid-20th Century. Mixed colored lithograph after a woodcut realized by the great Japanese artist Ut...

An ink on paper, Nishiki-e and Yoko-e woodblock landscape showing a panoramic view of the banks of Kanagawa, circa 1850. Signed in Kanji upper left, "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, horizon and upper sky. Sheet Dimensions: 10.25 H x 15.25 W inches. Travelers pass through a section of the Kanagawa post station, dominated by a variety of shops, each with views looking out over the water. A number are tea houses, outside of which stand waitresses inviting travelers inside. On the water we see several small fishing boats, as well as larger shipping vessels...

An ink on paper, Nishiki-e and Yoko-e woodblock landscape showing a view of travelers on the Tenryū River, circa 1850. Signed in Kanji center right, "Hiroshige Ga" for Utagawa (Ando)...

An ink on paper, Nishiki-e and Yoko-e woodblock landscape showing a view of travelers crossing the Suruga bank of the Ōi River, circa 1850. Signed in Kanji lower left, "Hiroshige Ga"...

An ink on paper, Nishiki-e and Yoko-e woodblock landscape showing a view of travelers crossing the Ōi River at Kanaya, circa 1850. Signed in Kanji center 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, horizon and upper sky. Sheet Dimensions: 10.25 H x 15.25 W inches. The procession from a previous print emerges from the river, having completed its crossing. Porters lie down to rest after the river crossing, while a large crew of men struggle to move a particularly heavy palanquin (presumably containing a daimyo) across the home stretch...