Japanese Woodblock Print - Ukiyo-e

• 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 - Thunderstorm Beneath the Summit
• Artist: Hokusai Katsushika
• From the series 36 Views of Mt. Fuji
• 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

• Japanese Woodblock Print - The Great Wave off Kanagawa
• Artist: Hokusai Katsushika
• From the series 36 Views of Mt. Fuji
• 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 work is astonishing for its fantastic composition and powerful brushwork, showing a giant wave crashing over a boat. The low-angle perspective and shaded waves constitute the key to this work which is one of the foremost masterpieces, and most wellknown of all the ukiyo-e landscape compositions.

• 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

• Japanese Woodblock Print - Rough Sea at Naruto in Awa Province
• Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)
• From the series "Famous Places of Sixty-odd Provinces"
• 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 print, which is the finest in the series "Famous Places of Sixty-odd Provinces", shows a large whirlpool, foaming waves, and plovers in flight above. The "Sight of Awa no Naruto" in a set of three continuing sheets is another masterpiece by Hiroshige.

• 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.