Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 80169

The Lake Side of Hirano Village

平野村湖岸

Artist / 作者
Tokuriki Tomikichiro徳力富吉郎
Date / 年代
1950
Medium / 技法
浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Showa / jaodb
Digital record / 画像記録
1200 × 866 px
Source collection / 所蔵元
Japanese Art Open Database
Published by / 公開者
黒川トウマ
Rights / 権利
No reusable image license documented
Attribution / 表記
Japanese Art Open Database

Catalog note / 解説

Comments - Fantastic and rare original painting of Mt. Fuji viewed from the lake side of Hirano village. This lovely design was created by Tokuriki for the oversized woodblock print published by Uchida in the 1950s (see image below). The sacred mountain is seen through a row of bare winter trees along the shore of the lake. Especially interesting are the outlines of other trees visible below the surface, an effect called pentimenti, where the artist has changed the initial composition but traces of it still remain. The painting is accompanied by two copies of the large format woodblock print made from it, offering fascinating insight into the process of translating an artist's original pain…

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