Japanese Woodblock Print - Ukiyo-e

• Japanese Woodblock Print - Bridge Ohashi and Atake in Sudden Shower
• Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)
• From the series "One Hundred Views of Famous Places of Edo"
• Photo print dimensions: A4 / 21.0 x 29.7cm / 8.27 x 11.69 inches
• Mount dimensions: 40.64 x 30.48 cm / 16 x 12 inches - Standard mount ready to be framed
• Mount specifications: Cream textured with a white display back in a clear re-sealable bag

Hiroshige has depicted here a summer shower over Ohashi Atake. It is well known that Van Gogh imitated this print in his oil painting. The vertically long composition emphasizes the speed of the heavy rainfall. The boathouses and other houses of Atake loom in silhouette in the fog on the opposite bank. This leaves one with the impression of heavy precipitation. The raft on the river serves as a clever compositional focal point.

• Japanese Woodblock Print - Kinryuzan Temple at Asakusa
• Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)
• From the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo"
• Print dimensions: A4 / 21.0 x 29.7cm / 8.27 x 11.69 inches
• Mount dimensions: 40.64 x 30.48 cm / 16 x 12 inches - Standard mount ready to be framed
• Mount specifications: Cream textured with a white display back in a clear re-sealable bag

This well-known design depicts a snow scene in the precinct of Sensoji, a popular temple commonly known as Kinryuzan, after the hill on which it was situated at AsaKusa, north of the city. Founded in 628, it houseda Kannon whose benevolence appealed to many followers. The view in this print is from the gate called Kaminarimon (Thunder Gate), the outer gate in extreme close-up, showing only the pillars and gigantic lantern right over the viewer's head -  one of Hiroshige's favourite compositional schemes.

• Japanese Woodblock Print - Fireworks at Ryogoku
• Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)
• From the series "One Hundred Views of Famous Places of Edo"
• Photo print dimensions: A4 / 21.0 x 29.7cm / 8.27 x 11.69 inches
• Mount dimensions: 40.64 x 30.48 cm / 16 x 12 inches - Standard mount ready to be framed
• Mount specifications: Cream textured with a white display back in a clear re-sealable bag

Two-thirds of the space in this design is occupied by the night sky, where a large round fireworlk and the long curving line of another firework make a symphony of light. Below are a crowed of spectators on Ryogoku bridge and numerous boathouses. This is a masterly depiction of a night when the citizens of Edo(Tokyo) bid farewell to the departing summer.

• Japanese Woodblock Print - Suijin Woods and Masaki on the Sumida River Banks
• Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)
• From the series "One Hundred Views of Famous Places of Edo"
• Photo print dimensions: A4 / 21.0 x 29.7cm / 8.27 x 11.69 inches
• Mount dimensions: 40.64 x 30.48 cm / 16 x 12 inches - Standard mount ready to be framed
• Mount specifications: Cream textured with a white display back in a clear re-sealable bag