Description: This is a pair of offset lithographs based on the famous Hiroshige woodblock prints. They are both of correct Oban dimensions of approx 37.5 cm x 25.5 cm, or 14.5 in x 10 in. The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road is a series of Japanese woodblock prints by Utagawa Hiroshige. The prints document Hiroshige's first journey along the Tōkaidō, a highway that connects Edo (modern-day Tokyo) with Kyoto. Nawate Michi (Nawate River): Near the boundary post at the west of Hiratsuka a running messenger passes by two carriage porters who are leaving Hiratsuka. In a far distance a priest is going over the Hanamizu Bridge, and a traveller in a paper mantel comes from ôiso. In the background Mt. Fuji peeks through between Mt. Koma on the left and Mt. Oyama on the right. Okitsu River: Located on the coast of Tago, Okitsu station marked where the Okitsu River flows into Suruga Bay. Though this station was famous for the Forest of Miho (Mihonomatsubara), Hiroshige focuses on travelers crossing the river. Utagawa Hiroshige: 歌川 広重 [ɯtaɡawa çiɾoꜜɕiɡe]), born Andō Tokutarō (安藤 徳太郎; 1797 – 12 October 1858), was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist, considered the last great master of that tradition. Hiroshige is best known for his horizontal-format landscape series, The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō and for his vertical-format landscape series, One Hundred Famous Views of Edo. The subjects of his work were atypical of the ukiyo-e genre, whose typical focus was on beautiful women, popular actors, and other scenes of the urban pleasure districts of Japan's Edo period (1603–1868). The popular series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji by Hokusai was a strong influence on Hiroshige's choice of subject, though Hiroshige's approach was more poetic and ambient than Hokusai's bolder, more formal prints. Subtle use of color was essential in Hiroshige's prints, often printed with multiple impressions in the same area and with extensive use of bokashi (color gradation), both of which were rather labor-intensive techniques.
Price: 145 USD
Location: Cypress, California
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All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
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Primary Material: Paper
Color: Multi-Color
Original/Reproduction: Vintage Reproduction
Region of Origin: Japan
Age: Unknown
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