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Japanese Landscape Prints

(from 1st Nov 2009 until 25th Apr 2010)

View the striking mountains, rivers, and cities of Japan in the woodblock prints of Hokusai and Hiroshige.

Detail of The Sea at Satton, Suroga Province, Japan, 1859 (Museum No: EAX.4387)
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Ushibori, Hitachi Province

  • Description

    A large boat is moored by the edge of a lake at Ushibori. In this tranquil scene, two egrets are startled into flight by the sound of a man pouring water from his cooking pot into the lake. The shape of the ship’s bows echoes the curves of Mount Fuji in the background. Early copies of this print are in shades of blue only, while later versions also introduce areas of green, pink and yellow.

  • Details

    Series
    Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji
    Associated place
    AsiaJapanHonshūKantōTōkyō prefecture Tōkyō (place of creation)
    AsiaJapanHonshūKantōTōkyō prefecture Tōkyō (place of publication)
    Asia Japan (Mount Fuji) (subject)
    Asia Japan (Ushibori) (subject)
    Date
    1830 - 1835
    Artist/maker
    Katsushika Hokusai (1760 - 1849) (designer)
    Associated people
    Nishimuraya Yohachi (c. 1751 - c. 1870) (publisher)
    Material and technique
    woodblock print, with bokashi (tonal gradation)
    Dimensions
    mount 40.5 x 55.7 cm (height x width)
    print 25 x 37.5 cm (height x width)
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    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Presented by Mrs Allan and Mr and Mrs H. N. Spalding, 1952.
    Accession no.
    EAX.4220

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