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'Hashirri Teahouse', After Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川廣重, Ukiyo-e Woodblock, Tokaido

Circa 1946

$485
£366.22
€424.89
CA$681.58
A$759.37
CHF 396.43
MX$9,219.81
NOK 4,982.85
SEK 4,710.01
DKK 3,171.76

About the Item

An ink on paper, Nishiki-e and Yoko-e woodblock landscape showing travelers at a teahouse in Otsu, 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. A line of oxen drivers wait to water their animals at a fountain in front of a teahouse. The name of the teahouse is "running well," a reference to the fountain. The scene depicted here is taken from the novel, Shank's Mare. Interestingly, carts like these were not allowed on large portions of the Tōkaidō. They were probably used to bring crops to port towns, where they would be transported by boats. 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). [H54]
  • Creation Year:
    Circa 1946
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 9 in (22.86 cm)Width: 13.75 in (34.93 cm)
  • Medium:
  • After:
    Utagawa Hiroshige (Ando Hiroshige) (1797-1858, Japanese)
  • Period:
  • Condition:
    fresh colors; minor creasing to secondary areas; unframed; shows well.
  • Gallery Location:
    Santa Cruz, CA
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: H541stDibs: LU34414091112

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