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Fukuroi - from the 53 Stations of the Tokaido

Size: 27.0cm by 40.0cm (10.63 in by 15.75 in) | Enlargement | Shipping Code: [L] ?

Designer: Ando Hiroshige

Era: Mid Showa | Currency: $ / £ / €

Price: ¥ 8,000$ 70.00£ 59.00€ 66.50

  

Description: This is a print from what is perhaps the single most famous series of Japanese woodblock prints ever produced - "The 53 Stations of the Tokaido", designed by Hiroshige in the 1830s.

The print you see here is a reproduction version produced in the post-war period by one of the numerous publishing houses working at that time (Adachi, Takamizawa, Yuyudo, Bijutsu-sha, Yamada Shoin, Kyoto Hanga-in, etc.) Here at Mokuhankan we have a wide selection of such prints, far too many to scan and prepare for the website one by one.

We don't always have every print in this series in stock, but try to keep as many of them available as possible. The one you see in this photo is on hand, but feel free to contact us about other designs in this series that you don't see on the site ...

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Image information: What jumped into our eyes at the first glance are the simple stove built with stones and the giant kettle. The smoke rising from the fire is very well depicted by using ‘bokashi’ gradation and the ‘karazuri’ blind embossing technique.

Seen on the left is a simple teahouse with a customer sitting and resting there with a pipe. The straw sandals hanging from the roof of the tea house must be for sale because they were essential items for travelers - they easily wore out and needed to be changed frequently during these long journeys.

In the distance, stacks of rice straw are seen, indicating the harvest season - autumn.

The blue green ‘bokashi’ rising from the bottom and from the horizon help to express the perspective of this image. Hiroshige drew people in the foreground in a larger size but much smaller for far away objects such as the horse, person, houses and so on. As the result he has succeeded in expressing the dynamic depth of this place.

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