Hiroshige – Arai

Original woodblock print. The first edition of this design was published in 1855. The current print was printed in the 19th century, 2nd half.

Image size (excluding margins): 34.4 * 22.5 cm (13.5 * 8.9 in).

The print is in good state. The paper has aged, there a few very tiny spots at places in the image and there is an irregularity in the water in the left of the image. On the back there are remnants of a previous mounting.

The pictures shown here are from the print itself.

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Utagawa Hiroshige (1797 – 1858) was one of the most famous Japanese woodblock print artists, considered the last great ukiyo-e master. He has had a lasting impact on both Japanese print artists as well as on Western painters such as Van Gogh and Monet and his prints are still widely admired to this day.

See an overview of Hiroshige's woodblock prints