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!["Rosetsu uses the wisteria tree to frame the painting and to create two separate planes, the foreground and the background. While doing this, he does not paint a very prominent background, thus making the foreground landscape more important and the focal point of the painting...The sinewy shape of the wisteria dominates the painting. There appear to be two separate trunks rooted to a small sliver of land pictured at the left side of the image. These trunks merge into one stem, forming a curve that snugly holds the monkey’s body. The branch continues upward, disappearing at one point until it reappears, winding around the right side of the painting. Rosetsu uses a dark ink to create the trunk and branches of the wisteria, and there does not appear to be any indication of shading or altering the color to appear lighter. This darkening is especially noticeable compared to the stark, white flowers at the top of the painting. Their stems are soft and wispy, as if they are floating in the air."<br /](/media/W1siZiIsIjIwMjIvMDUvMjUvNmkwdGlxNHByYl9kZWZhdWx0LmpwZyJdLFsicCIsInRodW1iIiwiMjQweDIwMCJdXQ?sha=33b948efa249a29f ""Rosetsu uses the wisteria tree to frame the painting and to create two separate planes, the foreground and the background. While doing this, he does not paint a very prominent background, thus making the foreground landscape more important and the focal point of the painting...The sinewy shape of the wisteria dominates the painting. There appear to be two separate trunks rooted to a small sliver of land pictured at the left side of the image. These trunks merge into one stem, forming a curve that snugly holds the monkey’s body. The branch continues upward, disappearing at one point until it reappears, winding around the right side of the painting. Rosetsu uses a dark ink to create the trunk and branches of the wisteria, and there does not appear to be any indication of shading or altering the color to appear lighter. This darkening is especially noticeable compared to the stark, white flowers at the top of the painting. Their stems are soft and wispy, as if they are floating in the air."<br /")
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A Solitary Fisherman at Kajikasawa, Kai Province (Kajikasawa, Kai)
Accession Number
1948/1.150
Title
A Solitary Fisherman at Kajikasawa, Kai Province (Kajikasawa, Kai)
Artist(s)
Katsushika Hokusai
Object Creation Date
1823-1829
Medium & Support
woodblock print on paper, ôban yoko-e size
Dimensions
9 15/16 in. x 14 15/16 in. ( 25.2 cm x 37.9 cm )
Credit Line
Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker
Label copy
Katsushika Hokusai
Japan, 1760–1849
A Solitary Fisherman at Kajikasawa, Kai Province
Edo period (1615–1868)
1823–29
Color woodblock print on paper
Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker, 1948/1.150
During the late Edo period (1615–1868), domestic tourism in Japan was booming. Although the uses of woodblock prints were varied, one of their functions was to serve as either mementos of or surrogates for travel. These prints are by two of the best-known Japanese woodblock artists, Andō Hiroshige and Katsushika Hokusai, who produced many works featuring famous landscapes. A significant number of them include Mount Fuji, which was visible from Edo (modern-day Tokyo) and emblematic of both the capital city and the country itself. Indeed Mount Fuji was so closely identified with the city that both artists occasionally depicted it larger than it would have appeared, as here, or in the background of locations from which it could not have been seen.
Subject matter
Man fishing (longlining) at the seaside.
Physical Description
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.
Primary Object Classification
Print
Primary Object Type
color print
Additional Object Classification(s)
Print
Collection Area
Asian
Rights
If you are interested in using an image for a publication, please visit http://umma.umich.edu/request-image for more information and to fill out the online Image Rights and Reproductions Request Form. Keywords
fishing
mountains
rock (inorganic material)
water (inorganic material)
waves (natural events)
1948/1.150
Title
A Solitary Fisherman at Kajikasawa, Kai Province (Kajikasawa, Kai)
Artist(s)
Katsushika Hokusai
Object Creation Date
1823-1829
Medium & Support
woodblock print on paper, ôban yoko-e size
Dimensions
9 15/16 in. x 14 15/16 in. ( 25.2 cm x 37.9 cm )
Credit Line
Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker
Label copy
Katsushika Hokusai
Japan, 1760–1849
A Solitary Fisherman at Kajikasawa, Kai Province
Edo period (1615–1868)
1823–29
Color woodblock print on paper
Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker, 1948/1.150
During the late Edo period (1615–1868), domestic tourism in Japan was booming. Although the uses of woodblock prints were varied, one of their functions was to serve as either mementos of or surrogates for travel. These prints are by two of the best-known Japanese woodblock artists, Andō Hiroshige and Katsushika Hokusai, who produced many works featuring famous landscapes. A significant number of them include Mount Fuji, which was visible from Edo (modern-day Tokyo) and emblematic of both the capital city and the country itself. Indeed Mount Fuji was so closely identified with the city that both artists occasionally depicted it larger than it would have appeared, as here, or in the background of locations from which it could not have been seen.
Subject matter
Man fishing (longlining) at the seaside.
Physical Description
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.
Primary Object Classification
Primary Object Type
color print
Additional Object Classification(s)
Collection Area
Asian
Rights
If you are interested in using an image for a publication, please visit http://umma.umich.edu/request-image for more information and to fill out the online Image Rights and Reproductions Request Form. Keywords
fishing
mountains
rock (inorganic material)
water (inorganic material)
waves (natural events)
