Japanese Night Porter, 1857

Bikunibashi setchu. Bikuni bridge in snow. Porter walking in ankle-deep snow at the approach to the Bikuni bridge. Ukiyo-e (picture of the floating world) is a genre of Japanese art which flourished from the 17th through 19th centuries. Ukiyo-e was central to forming the West's perception of Japanese art in the late 19th century. The landscape genre has come to dominate Western perceptions of ukiyo-e. The Japanese landscape differed from the Western tradition in that it relied more heavily on imagination, composition, and atmosphere than on strict observance of nature. One Hundred Famous Views of Edo is a series of ukiyo-e prints begun and largely completed by the Japanese artist Hiroshige. The prints were first published in serialized form in 1856E??59, with Hiroshige II completing the series after Hiroshige's death. It was tremendously popular and much reprinted

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Ando Hiroshige Impermanence Snow-covered Snowing Transience Ukiyo-e Utagawa Wabi-sabi Woodblock

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