Detail View: Louis Black Collection of Japanese Prints:
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Collection:
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Louis Black Collection of Japanese Prints, Art History Dept, Cummings Arts Center, Connecticut College, New London
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Artist:
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HIROSHIGE, Ando
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Culture:
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Japan
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Title:
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100 Views of Edo [series] --
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Medium:
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Woodcut
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Dimensions (centimeters):
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34 x 22 cm
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Creation Date:
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c.1856 - this is a 20c reproduction
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Creation Century:
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19th Century
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Primary Creation Decade:
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1850-1859
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Primary Subject:
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landscape
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Secondary Subject:
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water
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Tertiary Subject:
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boats
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Donor:
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Louis Black, 1955
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Description:
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river with several boats and water vegetation
One Hundred Famous Views of Edo furthered his popularity. The massive series contains one hundred nineteen prints, and Hiroshige considered
this set of prints his masterpiece. Japan was officially closed to the West until 1868, yet Hiroshige
managed to incorporate certain Western artistic techniques into One Hundred
Famous Views of Edo (completed in the 1850s) Hiroshige’s sense of perspective is more artistically Western in the
three prints from One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, as is evident in how he
portrays depth by varying the size of figures in the foreground and
background. In “Scattered Pines Beside the Tone River,” Hiroshige portrays depth
through the size of the boats and vegetation. The plants in the water located in
the immediate foreground juxtaposed against the concentrated wall of
greenery in the background show perspective, as well as the receding sizes of
the pine trees and yellow roofs in the distance. “Scattered Pines
Beside the Tone River” is one of his least-known.” --Sydney LaBlonde ‘08
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