Utagawa Hiroshige, Tokaido 53 Stations, Hamamatsu in Winter
Item No
#108002670
Item
Ukiyo-e(People)
Artist
Utagawa Hiroshige
Price
$3675.00
Weight
0.01kg
size
width
37cm 14 1/2"
depth
24.3cm 9 1/2"
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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.
Hiroshige’s “53 stations of the Tokaido” made a historical record in its sales in the Ukiyo-e picture genre.
Station #29 Hamamatsu's big pine tree is depicted in this artwork. Hamamatsu flourlished as a station towm at that time. Hamamatsu Castle can be found in the background. The daimyo, a high-ranking samurai and governor of this province, was responsible for the upkeep of the highway. But the work was done by the local farmers, here taking a break by a small bonfire. These farmers are working in the winter when they could be spared from their rice fields. To the right is a young girl, probably babysitting a younger sibling.
The smoke of the bonfire is going up strait in the windless weather and field covered with dead grass is spread in the view.
Viewers can feel cold air of winter through this artwork.
Good Impression and Colors Slight Rubbing Center Fold
Kiwame-in (approval seal) is applied in the left below margin
The tiele "Toukaido Gojyu-san-tsugi no uchi Hamamatsu" is written upper left and artist's name and seal is applied in the upper right
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