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Kenji Takenaka WoodBlock-Print Arts

Famous Views of Kyoto "Arashiyama Manka" Original color edition

Famous Views of Kyoto "Arashiyama Manka" Original color edition

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Artist Hiroshige Utagawa's (active during the Edo period) Kyoto ukiyo-e painting original color version by Kenji Takenaka, woodblock print artist. This work finished in modern style, by arranging traditional colors and tones in a graphic color scheme.
Cherry blossoms are lined along the Ooi River expressing the lively scenery of spring as depicted in bold compositions. A special series of works where classic and modern sense of art intersect.

Famous Views of Kyoto Series

Hiroshige Utagawa who presented the Famous Views of Kyoto series which depicts 10 notable places of kyoto around the same time period he presented his infamous signature work “The 53 stations of the Tokaido” to the world.
Out of 10 pieces there 3 pieces “Gion Shrine in Snow”, “Yodo River” and “Arashi yama Manka” are highly praised and recognized.

Ukiyo-e artist Hiroshige Utagawa

An Ukiyo-e artist who was active in the late Edo period. HIroshige gained popularity with his infamous works which depict post towns along the Tokaido route from Edo to Kyoto called “The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido” and also went on to create many landscape paintings from all over Japan which we can enjoy today. Hiroshige leaves behind many works that are expressed with rain and wind with humorous appearances of everyday people in a richly poetic manner than just depicting sceneries of famous places.
The beauty of the indigo color is highly praised around the world, and it is also called "Hiroshige Blue."

Author Artist: Hiroshige Utagawa / Color composition: Kenji Takenaka / Woodblock print: Takezasado
Size Print: Height 21.5cm × Width 35.5cm
Paper: Height 24.5cm × Width 39cm
Material Japanese Paper for printing
Specifications Hand-printed woodblock print
Quantity 1 piece

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*Due to lighting, the color of the product may differ between the published image and the actual product.

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