Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) | Ushibori in Hitachi Province (Joshu Ushibori) | Edo period, 19th century
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Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849)
Ushibori in Hitachi Province (Joshu Ushibori)
Edo period, 19th century
woodblock print, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei), signed Saki no Hokusai Iitsu hitsu (Brush of Iitsu, the former Hokusai), censor’s seal kiwame (approved), published by Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudo), late 1831, blue outline; with collector's seal of Gerhard Pulverer to verso
Horizontal oban: 24.7 x 37.5 cm., 9¾ x 14¾ in.
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Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849), Ushibori dans la province de Hitachi, époque Edo, XIXe siècle
Gerhard Pulverer (b. 1930)
It is the early hours of dawn: a man leans over his boat to rinse the starch from rice for the morning meal. The splashing of water startles two egrets nestled among the reeds. The timber-framed cargo boat, or takasebune, is placed along a diagonal axis within the composition; the position of its bow mirrored by the slopes of Mount Fuji in the distance. The most remote location of the entire series, Ushibori is a harbour town some seventy-five kilometres northeast of Edo, on the south shore of Lake Kasumigaura.
Another impression is in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, accession number 46.1405.
