Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 22061
Lake Suwa in Shinano Province (Shinshû Suwa no mizuumi)
- Artist / 作者
- Utagawa Hiroshige歌川広重
- Date / 年代
- 1852
- Medium / 技法
- 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Edo / mfa
- Digital record / 画像記録
- 2000 × 1451 px
- Source collection / 所蔵元
- Museum of Fine Arts Boston
- Published by / 公開者
- 朱雀ハル
- Rights / 権利
- Commercial license required
- Attribution / 表記
- Museum of Fine Arts Boston
Catalog note / 解説
Mount Fuji is visible between the high hills rising on either side of Lake Suwa, in modern Nagano Prefecture. The image is dominated by the broad expanse of the lake, given texture by the grain of the woodblock used to print the blue on the lower half. Ukiyo-e artists often took advantage of open areas in the composition to allow the wood grain to show through, which, far from being considered a technical defect, was appreciated as an innovative aesthetic effect. “Hokusai’s Summit: Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji” (09/24/2009-01/06/2010) ******************************
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