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Two Antique Japanese Woodblock Prints by Kunisada Seven Autumn Flowers c. Presented is a pair of beautiful Japanese full oban-size woodblock prints created by the renowned artist of the late Edo period Utagawa Kunisada (1786 – 1864), also known as Kunisada I and Toyokuni III. Kunisada I Utagawa was a prolific woodblock print artist mostly known for his pictures of beautiful women (bijinga) and kabuki actors prints (yakusha-e). Kunisada’s pictures reflect the culture of Japan in the years leading up to the country’s opening to the West. His first book illustrations were published in 1807 and his first actor portrait the following year. Alongside theatrical scenes and courtesans, yakusha-e was his preferred genre amidst all his popular and extensive output. As he painted a large number of these, continuing the stout realism of his teacher, he acquired the nickname’Yakusha-e no Kunisada’ – Kunisada, the actor painter. In his numerous bijinga he clung to the ideal of beauty prevalent at the time. Most of the women portrayed were courtesans from Yoshiwara, the regulated red-light district of the city. Many museums in the world have Kunisada works: British Museum Metropolitan Museum of Art in NY Museum of Fine Arts in Boston Tokyo National Museum Museum of Fine Arts in Houston Honolulu Museum of Art and many others The two prints presented are two out of three parts of a triptych called “Enjoying the Garden with the Seven Flowering Plants of Autumn (Niwa asobi kusabana no nanamoji)”. They show the inside of the house with a man of the house sitting by a traditional Japanese musical instrument called. The room is open to the garden with different flowers blooming on a warm August day. The ladies of the house are enjoing the aroma and a fresh breeze from the garden. This is a beatiful sneek view into the everyday life of Japanese middle class in the last years before the Meiji Restorations. The print was made using the Japanese woodblock technique. AUTHOR: Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) TITLE: Enjoying the Garden with the Seven Flowering Plants of Autumn (Niwa asobi kusabana no nanamoji) CREATED: c. Paper METHOD OF PRINTING: Woodblock printing PRINTED: Lifetime printing circa 1850 OVERALL SIZE: Full oban size 14″ X 19.5″ two prints assembled. The condition is very good. Good detail and colors, some minor darkening of the paper. Very minor paper loss iat the edges. No backing – the paper is fragile, be very careful! Get Supersized Images & Free Image Hosting. Attention Sellers – Get Templates Image Hosting, Scheduling at Auctiva. Track Page Views With.

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Two Antique Japanese Woodblock Prints by Kunisada Seven Autumn Flowers c. Presented is a pair of beautiful Japanese full oban-size woodblock prints created by the renowned artist of the late Edo period Utagawa Kunisada (1786 – 1864), also known as Kunisada I and Toyokuni III. Kunisada I Utagawa was a prolific woodblock print artist mostly known for his pictures of beautiful women (bijinga) and kabuki actors prints (yakusha-e). Kunisada’s pictures reflect the culture of Japan in the years leading up to the country’s opening to the West. His first book illustrations were published in 1807 and his first actor portrait the following year. Alongside theatrical scenes and courtesans, yakusha-e was his preferred genre amidst all his popular and extensive output. As he painted a large number of these, continuing the stout realism of his teacher, he acquired the nickname’Yakusha-e no Kunisada’ – Kunisada, the actor painter. In his numerous bijinga he clung to the ideal of beauty prevalent at the time. Most of the women portrayed were courtesans from Yoshiwara, the regulated red-light district of the city. Many museums in the world have Kunisada works: British Museum Metropolitan Museum of Art in NY Museum of Fine Arts in Boston Tokyo National Museum Museum of Fine Arts in Houston Honolulu Museum of Art and many others The two prints presented are two out of three parts of a triptych called “Enjoying the Garden with the Seven Flowering Plants of Autumn (Niwa asobi kusabana no nanamoji)”. They show the inside of the house with a man of the house sitting by a traditional Japanese musical instrument called. The room is open to the garden with different flowers blooming on a warm August day. The ladies of the house are enjoing the aroma and a fresh breeze from the garden. This is a beautiful sneak peek into the everyday life of the Japanese middle class in the last years before the Meiji Restoration. The print was made using the Japanese woodblock technique. AUTHOR: Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) TITLE: Enjoying the Garden with the Seven Flowering Plants of Autumn (Niwa asobi kusabana no nanamoji) CREATED: c. Paper METHOD OF PRINTING: Woodblock printing PRINTED: Lifetime printing circa 1850 OVERALL SIZE: Full oban size 14″ X 19.5″ two prints assembled. The condition is very good. Good detail and colors, some minor darkening of the paper. Very minor paper loss iat the edges. No backing – the paper is fragile, be very careful! Get Supersized Images & Free Image Hosting. Attention Sellers – Get Templates Image Hosting, Scheduling at Auctiva. Track Page Views With.

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Antique Original Japanese Woodblock by Hiroshige Seven Hot Springs of Hakone 1852. Antique Original Japanese Woodblock by Utagawa Hiroshige of the series Hakone shichiyu sue (Seven Hot Springs of Hakone), 1852. It depicts the famous hot springs of Hakone, where the Hakone shrine is, near Mount Fuji. The image shows beautiful green mountains, with a lake and overflowing waterfalls coming down from the springs, with a few buildings built into the mountains, and the ocean in the far horizon with a orange hued evening sky. Utagawa Hiroshige Japanese: born Ando Tokutaro 1797 – 12 October 1858, was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist, considered the last great master of that tradition. Hiroshige is best known for his horizontal-format landscape series The Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido and for his vertical-format landscape series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo. The popular series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji by Hokusai was a strong influence on Hiroshige’s choice of subject, though Hiroshige’s approach was more poetic and ambient than Hokusai’s bolder, more formal prints. Subtle use of color was essential in Hiroshige’s prints, often printed with multiple impressions in the same area and with extensive use of bokashi (color gradation), both of which were rather labor-intensive techniques. Condition: Condition is commensurate with age and use. Old folding crease is visible in photos. Two pasted paper remnants at top corners. Minor losses on borders. Commensurate with age and use. Old tape at top border. Measurements: 9 1/2 x 14 inches. Unless described as being new, the items for sale are vintage or used and it may show evidence of wear. The description refers to the overall condition and details. We try to describe the items to the best of our ability. All listings are described as to the best of my knowledge, through careful research and price and description comparison. We welcome all reasonable offers! We appreciate your business! Please check out my other items. Thank you for looking and good luck! This item is in the category “Antiques\Asian Antiques\Japan\Prints”. The seller is “esellerbernard” and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped worldwide.

• Tokogawa shogunate: Kyoto
• series: hakone
• Region of Origin: Japan
• Juro Sukenari: Goro Tokimune
• carver’s seal: publisher’s seal
• Age: 1852
• Primary Material: Paper
• Maker: Utagawa Hiroshige
• Original/Reproduction: Antique Original
• Featured Refinements: Japanese Woodblock Print
• Kozu Saburo Sukemichi: Juro
• Goro: Mount Fuji
• Kudo Suketsune: Hiroshige ga
• Yorozuya Kichibei: publisher
• ukiyo-e: Edo period
• wakasaya yoichi: jakurindo
• kinugasa: murata
• Sanoya Kihei (Kikakudô): Kikakudo
• Hiroshige ga: horizontal oban
• Color: Multi-Color
• nature: waterfall
• hot springs: Seven hot springs of hakone
• sanoya kihei: kinugasa murata
• Fuji-Hakone-Izu: onsen
• Mount Fuji: Hakone Shrine
• Lake Ashi: Owakudani Valley
• Kanagawa prefecture: Hakone Gongen

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