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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

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    Series
    Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji
    Associated place
    Asia › Japan › Honshū › Kantō › Tōkyō prefecture › Tōkyō (place of creation)
    Asia › Japan › Honshū › Kantō › Tōkyō 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)
    Material index
    processed material › paper
    Technique index
    printed › relief print › woodcut › colour woodcut
    Object type index
    visual representation › print
    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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