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This is probably the most recognizable work of Japanese art, ‘The Great Wave off Kanagawa’ by ukiyo-e artist Hokusai. It was first published in 1833 as the first print of the artist’s series ‘Thirtysix Views of Mount Fuji’. What do you feel when you see it? ✍
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Katsushika Hokusai, Japan
(1760-1849)
The Great Wave off Kanagawa (1829-1833)
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Bidding is now open for our From Artist to Woodblock: Japanese Prints Online auction, featuring 167 works by artists including Katsushika Hokusai, Utagawa Hiroshige and 20th-century Shin-hanga artists such as Kawase Hasui and Hashiguchi Goyo.
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A highlight of the sale is Hiroshige’s ‘Sudden Shower over Shin-Ohashi Bridge and Atake’, one of the artist’s most iconic prints. Vincent van Gogh was so inspired by this work that he created ‘Bridge in the Rain (after Hiroshige)’, now in the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam.
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Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858), ‘Sudden Shower over Shin-Ohashi Bridge and Atake (Ohashi Atake no yudachi)’, 1857. Woodblock print, vertical oban, 36.2 x 24.2 cm. Estimate: £10,000–15,000.
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From Artist to Woodblock: Japanese Prints Online auction, 5–12 July.
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Today is the first of December, meaning it's day one of our #AshmoleanAdvent Calendar!⠀
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On each of the days leading up to Christmas, we'll be sharing a fascinating and festive object from our collections for you to 'open up' and discover. A new object will be revealed here every morning. ⠀
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Day 1⠀
Yūhi Hill and Drum Bridge at Meguro by Utagawa Hiroshige⠀
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Our first advent calendar treat is this woodblock print of a snowy bridge by Japanese master print maker Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858). Here, Hiroshige has skilfully depicted the chilly silence of a snowy afternoon. The snow and snowflakes in the image are depicted by leaving unprinted spots on the paper that stand out against the dark blues of the river and sky; a technique used in traditional Chinese and Japanese ink painting.⠀
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Check back tomorrow to find out what is behind our second advent calendar window.⠀
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#AshmoleanMuseum #Ashmolean #Museum #Art #Culture #MaterialCulture #History #InstaHistory #InstaMuseum #Japan #Edo #Hiroshige #Landscape #JapaneseArt #Advent #AdventCalendar #Christmas #Snow #Oxford #Woodblock #Woodcut
Happy #NationalBirdDay!
This crane in flight over a breaking wave is by Utagawa Hiroshige c.1830. Hiroshige (1797–1858) was a Japanese master ukiyo-e or woodblock print designer and artist. He was most famous for his horizontal-format landscape series 'The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō and for his vertical-format landscape series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo.
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If I had to chose only one Japanese woodblock print as my favorite, I'd probably chose this print by Hiroshi Yoshida. It's such a soothing piece of art. I imagine that it's early morning (the title kinda gives it away) and the sun has just gone up over the sails, giving them a nice color gradient. I just want to swim in that beautiful water. ————————————————
Hiroshi Yoshida, Japan
(1876-1950)
Sailing Boats in the Morning - Inland Sea (1912-26)
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Au Japon, le 22 février est le "Neko no hi" (猫の日) , ou jour des chats. En effet, en japonais 22/2 (pour 22 février) peut se prononcer "ni-ni-ni", une onomatopée qui rappelle le miaulement des chats dans la langue nippone ("nya"). A cette occasion, Gallica vous présente l'un de ses chats favoris, dépeint par Andô Hiroshige (1797-1858) sur l'estampe des "Rizières d'Asakusa au moment de la fête du coq", tirée des célèbres "Cent vues d'Edo" : https://c.bnf.fr/AEX
Et si vous aimez l’œuvre d'Hiroshige, la BnF vous propose un livre-poster d'une sélection de ses estampes: https://c.bnf.fr/AE0
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"Autumn is a second Spring when every leaf is a flower" - Albert Camus
Today is the #autumnequinox. This equinox marks the day when the northern hemisphere tilts away from the sun, meaning shorter days and cooler nights to come.
To celebrate, here is an autumnal scene by Utagawa Hiroshige c. 1858. This woodblock print depicts Yūhi Hill at Meguro in the Eastern Capital (Tokyo). #AshmoleanMuseum #Ashmolean #Museum #Art #Culture #MaterialCulture #History #InstaHistory #Autumn #Landscape #Hiroshige #Woodblock #WoodblockPrint #EasternArt