Japanese Winter Landscape, 1838
Asukayama no bosetsu. Lingering snow at Asukayama. People walking in the snow, one leading a horse, past a hillside with snow-covered trees and several small shrines, low buildings on the left. 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. Utagawa Hiroshige, 1838
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