Antique Japanese Ukiyoe Woodblock Print
This is a Japanese woodblock print Ukiyoe by Hiroshige II, also known as Utagawa Shigenobu. This print shows a landscape scenery with a big tree, possibly a Japanese plum tree, in the foreground and some buildings and people in the background.
Ukiyoe is a genre of Japanese art that flourished from the 17th through 19th centuries. Its artists produced woodblock prints and paintings of such subjects as female beauties, kabuki actors and sumo wrestlers, scenes from history and folk tales, travel scenes and landscapes, flora and fauna, and erotica.
- Artist: HIroshige II (Utagawa Shigenobu)
- Title: unknown
- Kanjis: Edo meisho (Famous places in Edo)
- Woodblock print (Hanga), ink print
- Paper
- Item weight: 9 grams
- Packed weight: 209 grams
- C1860
- Approx. 37 cm long x 21.2 cm wide
- Good condition considering its age. Stains and color bleeding. Paper discoloration. Bottom left and right corners are damaged. Wear and tear due to age. It appears that this print had been vertically cut in two halves before being adhered to a thin piece of paper. Please see the photos.
- This piece was purchased at the famous Osu Antique Market in Nagoya
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