Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 24382

Extremely important original drawing for his famous triptych: Buyo Kanazawa hassho yakei, Showing...

Artist / 作者
Utagawa Hiroshige歌川広重
Date / 年代
1857
Medium / 技法
浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Edo / kruml
Digital record / 画像記録
2048 × 1536 px
Source collection / 所蔵元
Japanese Prints London
Published by / 公開者
朝倉レン
Rights / 権利
No commercial-app permission documented
Attribution / 表記
Japanese Prints London

Catalog note / 解説

An extremely important original drawing for his famous triptych: Buyo Kanazawa hassho yakei, Showing an Evening View of the Eight Famous Sites at Kanazawa in Musashi Province. The print published by Tsutaya, Ansei IV/7, 1857. This was presumably worked-up from sketches of the sort Hiroshige made in small diaries he carried with him. ( See an example on this website in this section.) But before the hanshita-e was produced for the wood block. It’s interesting to compare with the finished print, which shows only minor differences and indicates how faithfully the hanshita-e draughtsmen followed Hiroshige’s design. Sumi and light blue wash on paper, 14.5 x 31 inches; 36.75 x 78.75 cms. Surprisin…

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