#Hiroshige Utagawa III

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Hiroshige Utagawa III ( Andō Tokubei (安藤徳兵).)

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"Hyakuneko Gafu"

Meiji Period

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Color woodblock prints

c.1847-8 by Utagawa Hiroshige II (Japan, 1826–1869), 377x257mm

1874 by Utagawa Kunisada III (Japan, 1848–1920), 337x225mm

Legion of Honor Museum 1963.30.1472, 1963.30.5519

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Utagawa Hiroshige III

Flying Cranes

ca. 1860-70s

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Bird Flying Over Chinese Bellflowers and Wild Pinks by Utagawa Hiroshige III (1860′s)

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five ukiyo-e ink brush drawings on paper

The ukiyo-e ("pictures of the floating world") genre of art flourished in Japan from the 17th through 19th centuries. Ukiyo-e artists produced woodblock prints and paintings depicting samurai, beautiful courtesans, kabuki actors, sumo wrestlers, history, folk tales, travel in romantic landscapes, flora, fauna and erotica. The Floating World, as the pleasure districts of Edo (modern day Tokyo) were called, describes the sensory pleasures of urban life, but also offers a bittersweet reminder of the fleeting nature of all worldly delights. Some of the greatest Japanese artists of the time—Ando Hiroshige, Katsushika Hokusai, Utagawa Toyokuni III, and Keisai Eisen among them—became known primarily as woodblock print designers in the ukiyo-e style. Their work had a profound impact on European artists around this time—its flattened perspective and innovative compositions inspired artists such as Mary Cassatt, Vincent Van Gogh, and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, as well as the Japonisme movement in art and design.

Here are five original ink-brush drawings in the ukiyo-e style — a reinterpretation divergent from a simple pastiche in that the historical ukiyo-e images were never done in simple black and white.

samurai at rest

samurai with fan

samurai with playful ghost

samurai with spear

the warlord

superblack India ink on various weights of all-wood sketch paper: a textured-surface, cold-press paper with anti-microbial agents (for protection against environmental acids)

8 x 10 inches each

packaged in a clear sleeve with lightweight archival board

… Living only for the moment, turning our full attention to the pleasures of the moon, the snow, the cherry blossoms and the maple leaves; singing songs, drinking wine, diverting ourselves in just floating, floating; … refusing to be disheartened, like a gourd floating along with the river current: this is what we call the floating world… ~ Asai Ryoi Singlemindedness is all-powerful.  ~ Tsunetomo Yamamoto At the moment of victory, tighten the straps of your helmet. ~ Tokugawa Ieyasu

meant for framing, to be displayed as a series

a wonderful gift for the Japanophile or fan of Asian art

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find it here: drawthingspaintthingswritethingsmakethings.bigcartel.com/product/five-ukiyo-e-ink-brush-drawings-on-paper

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If I see this:

called a drawing of the Ainu folklore creature at kor kamuy/akkorokamui/アッコロカムイ one more time I'm going to go insane

This is a woodblock print by Utagawa Hiroshige III and it's titled "The giant octopus of Namekawa in Etchū Province" （越中滑川大章魚之図） as part of the series "Products of Greater Japan" （大日本物産図会）which features the production processes of regional specialities (at least according to the Chiba Prefectural Central Museum, who possesses 32 of them!)

Etchū is the old name for Toyama Prefecture, which is located here

As you can see, this is nowhere near Hokkaido.

And I get it, giant octopus folklore is cool! It's part of why I was looking into it too. But it feels disingenuous to act like this print that is very distinctly and intentionally set in the central region of Japan is supposed to be a representation of Ainu folklore.

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Illustration of foreign residences and the Catholic church in Yokohama, Japan, 1870 by Utagawa Hiroshige III (x)

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Shimbashi Railway Station - Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige III - Google Arts & Culture

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Historical Mural Under Bridge

Location: Yamashita Rinko Line Promenade, Yokohama, Japan Timestamp: 18:50 March 15, 2023

As you make your way towards the Osanbashi Yokohama International Passenger Terminal, you will come across a beautiful mural located beneath the Yamashita Rinko Line Promenade pedestrian overpass. The artwork showcases the Port of Yokohama during the year 1870, featuring a collection of ships anchored offshore, cargo being unloaded from barges, foreign consulates, and the Japanese customs office.

It's worth noting that this mural is actually a faithful reproduction of a woodblock print originally created by Utagawa Hiroshige III and published in 1870. The original works of Hiroshige III can be found in various collections including the British Museum, Philadelphia Museum of Art, and Victoria & Albert Museum.

Fujifilm X100V (23 mm) with 5% diffusion filter ISO 3200 for 1/170 sec. at ƒ/2.0 Classic Chrome film simulation

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14 December, 1702

On this day in 1702, one of the most famous episodes in Japanese history took place, an event which is now universally referred to as the Forty-Seven Rōnin Incident, also known as the Akō incident (赤穂事件 Akō liken) or Akō vendetta. https://youtu.be/b6_kbydqEuE

The 18th-century historical event refers to a band of rōnin (leaderless samurai) who avenged the death of their master, Asano Naganori, lord of Ako, who was forced to commit ritual suicide following an earlier attack on Kira Yoshinaka, in grave breach of protocol, at the shogun's court in Edo.

A noted Japanese scholar has described the tale as the best known example of the samurai code of honour, bushidō, and as the country's "national legend."

Shown here is 1926 lithograph (from my personal collection of Japanese art) - known as "The 47 Rōnin Memorial Portrait" - which shows all of the participants in the legendary attack.

There are, of course, many other depictions of the historical event in ukiyo-e form by the likes of Utagawa Toyokuni (歌川豊国; 1769– 1825), usually referred to as Toyokuni I; Katsushika Hokusai (葛飾北斎, 1760-1849), Utagawa Hiroshige (歌川 広重, 1797-1858), Utagawa Kunisada (歌川 国貞; 1786 – 1865), also known as Utagawa Toyokuni III (三代 歌川 豊国), and so on.

A number of successful films have, naturally, also been made detailing the Forty-Seven Rōnin Incident, the first of which was directed in 1912 by Makino Shozo.

For anyone in Japan who is interested in such things, it is still actually possible to make a visit to the site of the graves of the forty-seven Rōnin (四十七士 Shi-jū-shichi-shi), ranging in age from fifteen to seventy-seven, which are located at Sengaku-ji (泉岳寺), a Sōtō Zen Buddhist temple in the Takanawa neighbourhood of Minato-ku, near Sengakuji Station and Shinagawa Station, in Tokyo.

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China pink and Eurasian tree sparrow Hiroshige III Utagawa (1842-1894), included in Kacho Zufu (Pictures of Flowers and Birds) – Japanese flower and bird picture book published in the late 1800s.

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Utagawa Hiroshige III

Great French Circus on the grounds of the Shokonsha Shrine , 1871.

Utagawa Hiroshige III (歌川広重 3代目Utagawa Hiroshige sandaime ? ) , artistic pseudonym of Gotō Torakichi (後藤寅吉? ) ( 1842 or 1843 – March 28, 1894 ) was a Japanese painter and graphic artist , specializing in woodblock prints of ukiyo-e style . He is also known as Andō Tokubei (安藤徳兵? ) .

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Utagawa Hiroshige III, Cherry Blossoms and Shrike // Water Hyacinth, Sandpiper and Kingfisher (1871-1873)

From Vincent van Gogh's Japanese print collection.

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Nine pages from the book Hyakubyô gafu (Pictures of One Hundred Cats), by Utagawa Hiroshige III (1842–1894).

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Hunting the Giant Octopus of Namekawa in Etchu Province (from the series Products of Greater Japan), Hiroshige III, 1877

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<strong>Die Edobahsi-Brücke (The Edobashi Bridge) <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/hen-magonza/">by HEN-Magonza</a></strong>