$150
Utagawa Hiroshige (Japan, 1797-1858) gorgeous antique woodblock print depicting a Shinto priest ascending Mt. Atago (otherwise known as Atagoyama). Double-matted and framed under glass, mounted to cardboard, and having an approximate framed height of 21" with width of 15-1/8", while having a sight image height of approximately 13-9/16" with width of 9-1/8". Complete with hand-written certificate from the Gallery Kabutoya in San Francisco where it was purchased circa 1960-1970 with the story of the mountain Atagoyama and its' relationship to the EDO people.Utagawa Hiroshige was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist, considered the last great master of that tradition.Hiroshige is best known for his landscapes, such as the series The Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido and The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kiso Kaido; and for his depictions of birds and flowers. 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 Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji series by Hokusai was a strong influence on Hiroshige's choice of subject, though Hiroshige's approach was more poetic and ambient than Hokusai's bolder, more formal prints. For scholars and collectors, Hiroshige's death marked the beginning of a rapid decline in the ukiyo-e genre, especially in the face of the westernization that followed the Meiji Restoration of 1868. Hiroshige's
Auctioneer:
Bremoauctions
Date:
2016-04-23
