Mount Fuji is a popular subject in Japanese art because of its cultural and religious significance.
Originally, images depicting Mount Fuji were created through a process in which an image on paper served as a guide for carving on wood.
The wooden block was then covered with ink and applied to paper to create the image.
The complexity of the images is due to the amount of colors used, which required the use of a series of wooden blocks for each color used.
Poster format (30 x 40 cm)
Print on paper. Vergé light ivory 220G.
Publisher: Salam Éditions
Lived in Edo from 1797 to 1858 and was a Japanese engraver and painter.
Together with Hokusai , he is considered one of the leading Japanese landscape painters of the 19th century and among the most celebrated representatives of the Ukiyo-e artistic current.
Hiroshige’s artistic output includes several genres, including prints of warriors, courtesans, but the main object of his art was nature.
Contemplation of nature and subsequent representation in a morphologically harmonious key is what distinguishes Hiroshige from other painter-engravers of his time.
Unlike his contemporary Hokusai, Hiroshige’s work was less innovative, yet the artist captured in a subtle, poetic and easily understood way.
Throughout his life Hiroshige created about 400 engravings.
Hiroshige’s most famous series is the“One Hundred Famous Views of Edo,” Hiroshige had extraordinary influence on late 19th century European painting.
Mainly this influence was manifested onImpressionism and Post-Impressionism, being imitated by several artists, including (Claude Monet) (Vincent van Gogh) and (Toulouse Lautrec).
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