W19 Pincus - HIST 392/ENVIRON 462 - Doing Environmental History in Japan

The print depicts a fisherman standing on a seaside cliff perfoming loneline fishing. There are great waves below him striking the cliff and there is a mountain in the background. The print mainly applies the color of white and shades of blue. The artist inscribed the title of the work along with his signature on the upper left-hand corner.
Katsushika Hokusai
A Solitary Fisherman at Kajikasawa, Kai Province (Kajikasawa, Kai)
woodblock print on paper, ôban yoko-e size
9 15/16 in. x 14 15/16 in. ( 25.2 cm x 37.9 cm )
Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker
&quot;The mountain occupies most of the landscape, but the entire mountain appears somewhat one-dimensional and it becomes hard to recognize any sense of recession within the landscape.&nbsp; The effect of learning from woodblock paintings and manuals can also be seen in Taiga&rsquo;s bold, dark outlines that are supposed to represent to the ruggedness of the mountain.&nbsp; Finally, because Taiga did not provide a detailed rendering of the waterfall, and instead portrayed it with minimalistic brushwork, the waterfall seems to have lost a sense of motion.&quot; The background of the painting is gold.<br />
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Kaplan, Emily. &ldquo;A Mountain Landscape with a Waterfall.&rdquo;&nbsp;<i>Japanese Landscapes</i>, 18 Dec. 2009, japaneselandscape.wordpress.com/literati/literati-prints/a-mountain-landscape-with-a-waterfall/.<br />
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Landscapes and flower studies<br />
There are many different kinds of flowers drawn within fan shapes and rectangles.
Ikeno Taiga; Ikeno Gyokuran
A Mountain Landscape with a Waterfall (Taiga side of screen); Landscapes and Flower Studies (Gyokuran side of screen)
tsuitate screen, ink on gold-coated paper
46 1/4 in. x 35 1/2 in. ( 117.5 cm x 90.2 cm )
Museum Purchase
Two fishemen rest on a boat standed in the shallow water, facing the viewer with their backs. They are looking at another group of fishermen in the distance standing on the lakebank. There are more boats on the lake across the land.
Utagawa Hiroshige
Hôeidô Tôkaidô Series: Mitsuke, Tenryû River
color woodblock print on paper
8 3/4 in x 13 7/8 in (22.23 cm x 35.24 cm);14 3/8 in x 19 3/8 in (36.51 cm x 49.21 cm);9 3/16 in x 14 7/16 in (23.34 cm x 36.67 cm);8 3/4 in x 13 7/8 in (22.23 cm x 35.24 cm)
Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker
Here, caught in a sudden downpour, people rush along the steep hillside.  Bamboo bends under the force of wind and rain, and the people in the foreground mimic this downward motion in order to shield their eyes from the water streaming upon them in torrents.  Masterfully depicted, the viewer can almost feel the bullets of rain, and sense of sympathy for these unfortunate travelers.<br />
Utagawa Hiroshige
Hôeidô Tôkaidô Series: Sudden Shower at Shôno
color woodblock print on paper
8 5/8 in x 13 3/8 in (21.91 cm x 33.97 cm);14 5/16 in x 19 5/16 in (36.35 cm x 49.05 cm);10 7/8 in x 15 15/16 in (27.62 cm x 40.48 cm)
Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker
A great, claw-shaped wave which almost swampes the boats dominates the scene, . The Mount Fuji appears in the distance and seems much smaller compared to the waves. In the upper left-hand corner, the artist inscribed the title of the work along with his signature.
Katsushika Hokusai
36 Views of Mt. Fuji: The Great Wave off Kanagawa
color woodblock print on paper
10 1/8 x 14 13/16 in. (25.6 x 37.6 cm);14 3/8 x 19 5/16 in. (36.5 x 49 cm);12 1/2 x 16 7/16 in. (31.6 x 41.6 cm)
Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker
Utagawa Toyoharu
Scenes from the Seventh Month: Male banquet indoors, lovers under autumn leaves
color woodblock print on paper
19 in. x 14 in. ( 48.3 cm x 35.6 cm )
Museum Purchase
The snowy mass of Mount Hira rises behind a snow-covered village and clumps of bamboo by an inlet of Lake Biwa. The attendant poem in the upper left corner reads: <br />         He who would see the beauty of the evening on the peaks of <br />         Hira must behold it after the snows have fallen and before the <br />         flowers are fully blown.<br />
Utagawa Hiroshige
Eight Views of Ômi: #1 Evening Snow on Mount Hira
color woodblock print on paper
9 in x 13 11/16 in (22.86 cm x 34.77 cm);14 3/8 in x 19 5/16 in (36.51 cm x 49.05 cm);13 1/16 in x 17 1/2 in (33.18 cm x 44.45 cm);9 in x 13 11/16 in (22.86 cm x 34.77 cm)
Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker
This vertical print frames a view of a landscape with an up close view of a bird in the upper right corner that takes up about thirty percent of the image.<br />The viewer is positioned alongside the bird, circling the sky above the twin peaks of a mountain. A crate floats in the water below while smaller birds flocking around it.  Snow covers the ground.<br />The signature and title markings are in the upper right corner, and in the middle along the left side above the landscape.
Utagawa Hiroshige
One Hundred Famous Views of Edo: #107 Fukagawa, Susaki and the Jumantsubo Plain
color woodblock print on paper
13 7/8 in x 9 5/16 in (35.24 cm x 23.65 cm);19 3/16 in x 14 1/4 in (48.74 cm x 36.2 cm)
Museum purchase made possible by the Margaret Watson Parker Art Collection Fund
Light green-gold cloth background with a scene of a mountain, a poem and a sailboat.
Tanomura Chokunyū
Sailboat and Mountain with Calligraphy Poem, Mt. Fuji
ink on paper, silk and paper backing
76 in x 18 in (193.04 cm x 45.72 cm)
Gift of the Estate of Betty I. Monroe, PhD
Kitao Shigemasa
Temple at Honjo (perspective picture)
color woodblock print on paper
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Museum Purchase
Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Tôto meisho: Kasumigaseki
color woodblock print on paper
14 in. x 19 in. ( 35.6 cm x 48.3 cm )
Museum Purchase
Kitao Masayoshi
Hundred views of Mt. Fuji: Okitsu
color woodblock print on paper
( )
Museum Purchase

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