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Snow on the Ground at Tenmangu Shrine, Kameido (Kameido Tenmangu keidai no yuki)
183319th century
8 7/8 in. x 13 5/8 in. (22.54 cm x 34.61 cm)
Utagawa Hiroshige, Japanese, (1797–1858)
Object Type:
Prints
Creation Place:
Asia, Japan
Medium and Support:
color woodblock print on paper
Credit Line:
Carleton College Art Collection, gift of Yale Pfoutz
Accession Number:
1998.257
From Celebrated Places in the Eastern Capital (Toto Meisho)
Images of Temples have remained popular throughout the history of Japanese landscape prints. During Ukiyo-e, this genre commemorated and encouraged travel to historic sites. Artists in both the Shin-hanga and Sosaku-hanga movements continued this tradition, either responding directly to their predecessors or adapting conventional scenes. Kameido Shrine by Hiroshige Utagawa, a snow-covered temple shown from a bird’s-eye view, is a characteristic mid-nineteenth century image. The more grounded perspective in Kawase Hasui’s later Snow at Benten Shrine reflects the artist’s training as a Western-style painter and the influence of Western buyers on some Shin-hanga artists.
Both prints represent popular destinations, for which tourists and non-travelers alike desired commemoration. Hiroshige’s print, with its light palette, bright reds and blues, and elevated vantage point is a celebration of Japanese scenery. Hasui’s use of darker tones, his stress on a huddled figure, and the employment of a low angle of sight create a somber effect. Still, the later artist’s homage to a specific temple links this image to an Ukiyo-e tradition rooted in appreciation for locations far removed from the commonplaces of city life.
Images of Temples have remained popular throughout the history of Japanese landscape prints. During Ukiyo-e, this genre commemorated and encouraged travel to historic sites. Artists in both the Shin-hanga and Sosaku-hanga movements continued this tradition, either responding directly to their predecessors or adapting conventional scenes. Kameido Shrine by Hiroshige Utagawa, a snow-covered temple shown from a bird’s-eye view, is a characteristic mid-nineteenth century image. The more grounded perspective in Kawase Hasui’s later Snow at Benten Shrine reflects the artist’s training as a Western-style painter and the influence of Western buyers on some Shin-hanga artists.
Both prints represent popular destinations, for which tourists and non-travelers alike desired commemoration. Hiroshige’s print, with its light palette, bright reds and blues, and elevated vantage point is a celebration of Japanese scenery. Hasui’s use of darker tones, his stress on a huddled figure, and the employment of a low angle of sight create a somber effect. Still, the later artist’s homage to a specific temple links this image to an Ukiyo-e tradition rooted in appreciation for locations far removed from the commonplaces of city life.
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19th Century,
color woodcuts,
Japanese,
paper (fiber product)*,
prints (visual works)*,
temple blocks*,
woodcuts (prints)*
- 19th Century
- color woodcuts
- Japanese
- paper (fiber product) - Refers generally to all types of matted or felted sheets or webs of fiber formed and dried on a fine screen from a pulpy water suspension. The fibers may be animal, such as hair, silk or wool, or mineral, such as asbestos, or synthetic. However most paper is made from cellulosic plant fiber, such as from wood pulp, grass, cotton, linen, and straw.
- prints (visual works) - Pictorial works produced by transferring images by means of a matrix such as a plate, block, or screen, using any of various printing processes. When emphasizing the individual printed image, use "impressions." Avoid the controversial expression "original prints," except in reference to discussions of the expression's use. If prints are neither "reproductive prints" nor "popular prints," use just "prints." With regard to photographs, see "photographic prints"; for types of reproductions of technical drawings and documents, see terms found under "reprographic copies."
- temple blocks - Woodblocks used in temple rituals in China, Japan, and Korea.
- woodcuts (prints) - Prints made using the process of woodcut.
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