Group of Twelve Woodcuts by Hiroshige Utagawa

Features

Artist:  Hiroshige Utagawa (1797-1858)

Artwork title:  Gruppo di dodici xilografie

Age:  19th Century / 1801 - 1900

Subject:  Japanese woodcuts

Artistic technique:  Printing

Technical specification:  Woodcut

Description : Gruppo di dodici xilografie

Color woodcuts on paper. They are taken from the series of "The Fifty-Three Stations of Tokaido", they are a series of Japanese woodcuts belonging to the ukiyo-e current (a genre of Japanese artistic printing on paper, imprinted with wooden matrices, born and developed during the Edo period , between the beginning of the 17th and the end of the 19th century. These woodcut prints were initially monochrome and later made in color) and created by Utagawa Hiroshige after his first trip along the Tōkaidō road in 1832. The Tōkaidō Road, which connected the shōgun's capital, Edo, to that of the Emperor, Kyoto, was the main route of travel and trade in ancient Japan. It is part of the Five Roads of Edo (Gokaidō) group, the five major roads created or developed during the Edo period, in order to strengthen the control of the central government of the shōgunate over the whole country. the Fifty-Three Stations of the Tōkaidō was a popular subject which led Hiroshige to produce around 30 different woodblock series on the subject, all differing in size (ōban or chuban), images, and even number (some editions include only a few prints). Hiroshige's artistic production includes several genres, including prints of actors, warriors, courtesans, but the main object of his art was nature in its multiple expressions. The prints are presented in a frame.

Product Condition:
Product in good condition, shows small signs of wear. We try to present the real state as fully as possible with photos. If some details are not clear from the photos, what is reported in the description will prevail.

Frame Size (cm):
Height: 34
Width: 46,5
Depth: 1,5

Artwork dimensions (cm):
Height: 23
Width: 35