Authentic Hiroshige Ukiyo-e Woodblock Print -Kyoto: Sanjyoohashi Bridge

Description: Description Thank you for taking a look. This is an introduction of the reprint Ukiyo-e. The Ukiyo-e is carving by craftsmen inherit the technology from the Edo period, sliding both making full use of skilled technology, it is a gem and finished by hand. What is that bright colors that people of rich texture and the Edo period saw not be able to enjoy in the printing. The number of craftsmen every year the next time a decrease is valuable you do not know what time can be introduced. Please by all means get this opportunity. Guide to product size Our medium size of the reproduction of the woodblock printed Ukiyo-e is printed on the following dimensions: about 9 inches X 13 inches on Echizen hand crafted paper excluded some products (Japanese hand crafted paper). Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Tokaido, connecting Edo and Kyoto, has been artillery so and still remains the same. The work is a series of fifty-five ukiyo-e depicting 53 stations along the rout, starting point Nippon-bashi Bridge in Edo and ending point Sanjyo-ohashi Bridge in Kyoto. Nowadays we cannot imagine, but it took almost two weeks for people in the Edo period to travel between Tokyo and Kyoto. Although people could not travel Tokaido, people was longing for the trip. This work achieved a great success for providing viewers virtual experience on traveling. Hiroshige picked the drawing items that represented seasons from each station. He illustrated not only sceneries but also manners and customs depicting the people who came and go there lively; furthermore he depicted their vitality full of existence of their own. Hiroshige Utagawa (1797-1858) 1797(Kansei 9) ? 1858 (Ansei 5) Hiroshige Ando was born as the first son of Ando Family, a fire-watchman in Yaesu, Edo. When he was 13, his parents died. He took over his father�fs position; however he loved drawing pictures. At the age of 15, he became an apprentice of Toyohiro Utagawa. Of his early career as a painter, he mostly drew the portraits of beauties and actors. �gFamous Places in the Eastern Capital�h, published in 1831, made him one of the mainstream ukiyoe painters in the era. He also succeeded in adopting the screen structures utilizing and contrasting perspective drawing, using deep azure tone called Hiroshige blue and shading. His masterpiece, �gThe Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido�h, started publishing in 1833, which became the best-known works of ukiyo-e. At his late life, he started working on the series of paintings, �gOne Hundred Famous Views of Edo�h, which his emotional attachment toward Edo was crystallized. Because of the popularity, he published more than he planned to one hundred fifty views. Shipping We always send the item with a tracking number. So please place an order without any concern on delivery. You can always track the delivery status. Shipping is only available to the address registered in eBay. If you want us to send another address, please change your address on eBay and then place an order. Shipping is available from Monday to Friday. Weekends are not available because freight (shipping) companies are closed. We do not mark merchandise values below value or mark items as “gifts” – Japan, US and International government regulations prohibit such behavior. About Importers Obligation Import duties, taxes, and charges are not included in the item price or shipping cost. These charges are the buyers responsibility. Please check with your countrys customs office to determine what these additional costs will be prior to bidding or buying. Thank you for your understanding.

Price: 100 USD

Location: Japan

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