Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)
Shimotsuke Province: Mount Nikko, Urami Waterfall (Shimotsuke, Nikkosan, Urami no taki), from the series Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces (Rokujuyoshu meisho zue), 1853
Woodblock print
Signed: 'Hiroshige hitsu'
Publisher: Koshimuraya Heisuke
Censor's seals: Kinugasa Fusajiro and Murata Heiemon
Date: 1853, 8th month (Ox 8)
Signed: 'Hiroshige hitsu'
Publisher: Koshimuraya Heisuke
Censor's seals: Kinugasa Fusajiro and Murata Heiemon
Date: 1853, 8th month (Ox 8)
Vertical oban:
38.2 x 25.5 cm. (15 x 10 in.)
38.2 x 25.5 cm. (15 x 10 in.)
Fine, early impression with strong woodgrain and gauffrage on the waterfall and very good colour. Full margins. An expert repair to bottom right corner and lower right-hand edge, a few very minor creases to margins.
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Depicted here is the “Rear-View” (Urami) waterfall, so-called because it could be viewed from a path underneath. The travellers passing underneath the waterfall in Hiroshige's striking print turn and look...
Depicted here is the “Rear-View” (Urami) waterfall, so-called because it could be viewed from a path underneath. The travellers passing underneath the waterfall in Hiroshige's striking print turn and look at the fall in awe.
Other examples of the same print in museum collections:
The British Museum, museum no. 1902,0212,0.397.43, go to: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/A_1902-0212-0-397-43
The Honolulu Museum of Art, object no. 23038, go to: https://honolulu.emuseum.com/objects/5377/shimotsuke-province-mount-nikko-urami-waterfall?ctx=0525afe1167f4a644c1e9709c7eab9e049655dd2&idx=0
Other examples of the same print in museum collections:
The British Museum, museum no. 1902,0212,0.397.43, go to: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/A_1902-0212-0-397-43
The Honolulu Museum of Art, object no. 23038, go to: https://honolulu.emuseum.com/objects/5377/shimotsuke-province-mount-nikko-urami-waterfall?ctx=0525afe1167f4a644c1e9709c7eab9e049655dd2&idx=0