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Shukado Newsletter vol. 102

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Dear Customers and Friends,

Hello from AkikoYamada sending you Shukado newsletter.
Recently rainy season has ended and a broiling summer has started in Japan.
In such days, Ukiyo-e depicting waterfront landscape makes us cool down.
So I will introduce ukiyo-e of waterfalls to you.

This is today's lineup.

Index
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Special Feature; Waterfall
New Items
Holiday Notice
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Like Iguassu and Niagara, there are a lot of beautiful waterfalls all over Japan.
This Ukiyo-e is one of Journey to the Waterfalls series in All the Provinces by Hokusai.
http://www.japanese-finearts.com/item/list2/A1-89-176/Hokusai/Journey-to-the-Waterfalls-in-All-the-Provinces--The-Falls-at-Aoigaoka

"Aoigaoka" where daimyos have lived in was located near Edo castle.
It is not a large waterfall.
Hokusai painted splash in a pointillist manner.
The brushwork might remind us impressionist school.
And contrast of rippling wave and calm surface stunning.

By the way, in Japan waterfalls are not just scenic places but the places for ascetic training like those Ukiyo-e!
http://www.japanese-finearts.com/item/list2/A1-88-051-03-26/Yoshiiku/The-Tale-of-Genji--Vol.40?
http://www.japanese-finearts.com/item/list2/A1-89-238-02/Yoshitoshi/The-Austerities-of-Saint-Mongaku?

You can talke part in such Takigyo, also called waterfall meditation in Japan!
Mt. Takao located in the west of Tokyo accepts disciplinants.
It's an hour train ride away from JR Shinjuku station and then a 15min cable car ride to the waterfall.
http://www.takaosan.or.jp/english/asceticism.html

The aim of this ascetic training is to clear your mind of all thought.
Mt. Takao is also famous a popular destination for hikers.
So I think you can enjoy going to Mt. Takao even without waterfall meditation.

New items!
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Hiroshige "Fifty-three Stations of Tokaido, Yokkaichi"

Kuniyoshi "Women Watching Fireworks"

Kuniyoshi "Sixty-nine Stations of Kisokaido"

Kuniyoshi "The Sickness Called Colic/Five of the Seven Gods of Good Fortune"

Yoshitora "Cherries at Night at New Shimabara"

Yoshiiku "Political Caricatures"

Kawase Hasui "Rain at Sanno in May"
And more. 

We renew our website almost every day!
Please visit our website.
If you have any question, please feel free to contact us!

Holiday Notice
Our gallery will be closed on 8 - 17 Aug. for summer holidays.For those who inquire by e-mail or phone, we will give you a reply after 18 Aug.

Sincerel yours,
Akiko Yamada


Ukiyoe Gallery SHUKADO
http://www.japanese-finearts.com/

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