Tokai Gábor szerk.: Fujiyama, A japán szépség Hokusai, Hiroshige fametszetein és fényképeken (A Magyar Nemzeti Galéria kiadványai 2005/4)

Hiroshige - List of Hiroshige's exhibited works

Eighteen Works by Hiroshige in the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji" from the Nakasendo Hiroshige Museum, Ena City, Gifu Prefecture Commentaries by Sugahara Mayumi The "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji" The censor's stamp on the works in the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji" by the landscapist master Utagawa Hiroshige reveals that impression was authorized in April 1858. In no more than half a year's time, in September that year, Hiroshige unexpectedly passed away. The list of pictures made in June 1859 records that the original block in his estate was used for printing the series. It appears from this that Hiroshige had drawn this series in his last years, and that it was printed after his death. As a landscapist. Hiroshige achieved fame through his series called "The Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road", though, at the time, if Mount Fuji came up, everyone had Katsushika Flokusai and his series entitled "Thirty-six Views of Fugaku [Mount Fuji]" in mind. It was at the height of his career that Hiroshige took to depicting the mountain. He never exaggerated it in his representations, always striving to harmonize it with its surroundings. 19 Sagami River Series: Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji Oban: 37.7 x 25.6 cm Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizo 1859 The Tanaka Haruo Collection In the background of Van Gogh's "Portrait of Père Tanguy", several ukiyo-e are represented, including this one. Beyond the reedy banks of the river, there rises a green hill with a snow-clad Mount Fuji towering majestically above it. The trade of the rafter is to transport goods on the river, the smoke rising from the raft is that of boiling water. 20 Koganei in Musashi Province Series: Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji Oban: 36.4 x 23.8 cm Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizo 1859 The Tanaka Haruo Collection The cherry trees along the Tama-gawa-josui canal in Koganei were planted on order by the shogun in the 1730s. According to the records of the times, the orchards on the banks were ineffably beautiful. Hiroshige produced a masterful rendering of the 130-year-old trees here. 21 Ikkoku-bashi Bridge in Edo Series: Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji Oban: 36.4 x 23.8 cm Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizo 1859 The Ikkoku-bashi Bridge is one bridge west of Nihon-bashi Bridge, and from there the Edo-bashi, the Zenigame-bashi, the Dosan-bashi bridges, all together eight of them can be seen, and this is why it is commonly called "Yatsumi-no-hashi", meaning "the bridge of eight bridge views". This picture offers views of the Zenigame-bashi and the Dosan-bashi bridges. The high buildings on the right are details of Edo Castle. 22 Suruga-cho in Edo Series: Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji Oban: 37.0 x 25.2 cm Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizo 1859 The Echigoya sign on curtains and boards throughout the street attests to business thriving and huge demand in the Echigoya kimono store (the predecessor of Mitsukoshi Department Store). The figures in the picture are street artists, musicians, vaudevillists, kagura dancers, who visit houses at New Year. The picture depicts the New Year commotion in the Nihon-bashi area. 23 Ochanomizu in Edo Series: Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji Oban: 37.1 x 25.2 cm Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizo 1859 The bridge depicted in large scale in the middle-ground of the picture is the Kanda-josui, a conduit for supplying water to the City of Edo. Ochanomizu had wells providing excellent quality water, fit for making tea, hence its name meaning "tea-water". The small bird flying across is a cuckoo, which the Japanese believe to signal time and bring news of summer coming. 24 Cherry Blossoms at Hommoku in Musashi Province Series: Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji Oban: 37.1 x 25.2 cm Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizo 1859 The precipice of luniten-no-mori of the Hommoku promontory steeps in the sea with the sky depicted in several shades of red signalling dawn. Still in darkness, the opposite side has a gorgeously glowing pink stripe: a cherry orchard blossoming. 25 Tama River in Musashi Province Series: Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji Oban: 37.1 x 25.2 cm Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizo 1859 Tama River is the border between the provinces of Musashi and Sagami. In former times, this area was famous for its sweet-water fish. In the foreground of the picture, someone is carrying a fishing rod, while others in the background are already fishing. Probably, they are all after sweet-water fish. 26 Noge at Yokohama Series: Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji Obcm: 37.2 x 25.2 cm Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizo 1859 After 1858, Japan, which had pursued a policy of complete isolation, successively concluded treaties of friendship and commerce with the United States. Holland. Russia, France, and England. Accordingly, the ports of Kanagawa, Nagasaki and Hakodate were opened. The port of Kanagawa was created by infilling the areas now comprising Yokohama. This picture is particularly valuable because it depicts Yokohama before the infilling.