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Description: | RH, mount s. on plate "Hiroshige-ga"; inscr. on plate t. cent. with series title "Eight Views of the Edo Envrions (translation) and poem; kiwame seal and publisher's seal t. r. CRE HIROSHIGE, Ando; (Japanese; 1797-1858) PUB Sano-ya Kihei (Kikakudo) This print is from the series "Edo Kinko Hakkei" that comprised of 8 designs depicting scenes from the environs of Edo. Every print in the series features one or two kyoka (satirical comic verse of 31 syllables). The original series was commissioned by Taihaido Nomimasu, a kyoka poet, and was published by Sano-ya Kihei (Kikakudo). Kyoka poets would often privately commission prints for their poetry circles. This print may be a later edition; the first edition may have featured more than one poem.
In the foreground of the print there is wooden boat, its twin masts are not rigged with sails. In the distance there is a number of smaller boats driven by oarsmen. Berlin blue or Prussian blue ('bero ai'), a newly imported synthetic ink has been used to produce the bright blue of the sea. The gradation of colour, used to portray the sky and sea, has been created using a technique known as 'bokashizuri'. When ink was applied to the printing block, areas would have been wiped clean to remove surplus ink in order to produce subtle gradations of tone. | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | JAPAN : LANDSCAPE : PRINTS OWNED BY WHISTLER : ROSALIND BIRNIE PHILIP : BOAT : POEM : STORM : JUNK : TOWN : COAST : WOOD : SEA : UKIYO-E : JAPANESE PRINT : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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