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Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) also sometimes referred to as "Andō Hiroshige" was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist, and one of the last great artists in that tradition. He was known especially for his landscape prints and transmuted everyday landscapes into intimate, lyrical scenes that made him even more successful than his contemporary, Hokusai.
He is noted for using unusual vantage points, seasonal allusions, and striking colors. He adapted Western principles of perspective.
This is one of his pieces of Meisho Edo Hyakkei (works depicted the famous views of Edo).
At the square cartouche to the upper right, "Kakuchu Shinonome" is shown. "Shinonome" means dawn, and in Japanese "Shinonome" is spelled by two Chinese characters of Higashi (east) and Kumo (clouds).
Here, customers who are going out of the Yukaku (red-light district) and Yujo (prostitute) who is seeing them off are depicted. The man tying his facecloth to hide his face nicely shows his sentiment.
The depicted scene is "Shin-Yoshiwara" which was one of the famous red-light districts at that time and the place was moved to new location after the big fire (1657).
Hiroshige drew Shin-Yoshiwara in the mornig, so the silhouette of the trees in the still dark were beautifully depicted here.
The series title Meisho Edo Hyakkei and the title of this work Kakuchu Toun are shown to the upper left. The artist signature ( Rakkan ) are given to the bottom left of the image.
Fair impression, good color remargined
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