ANTIQUE JAPANESE UKIYO E LITHOGRAPH BY HIROSHIGE

ANTIQUE JAPANESE UKIYO E LITHOGRAPH BY HIROSHIGE

An antique Japanese ukiyo e chromo lithograph print on paper after Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797-1858) wood print (nishiki e) ink and color on paper, Crossing The Oho E Ga Wa Province Suraga, 1853. Lithograph plate by Sinclair, Thomas, Phila. Marked in the print lower right. Signed with Hieroglyphs in the plate to the right. Titled in the plate lower to the center. Utagawa Hiroshige, born Ando Tokutaro, 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 TÅkaido 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 Hiroshiges choice of subject, though Hiroshiges approach was more poetic and ambient than Hokusai's bolder, more formal prints. Subtle use of color was essential in Hiroshiges 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. Asian Oriental Graphic Art Prints and Collectibles.

Dimensions: 17" x 11 1/4" in. All measurements are approximate.