Hiroshige | Precincts of the Hachiman Shrine at Fukagawa: the Double Teahouse, Famous Restaurants of Edo
歌川広重 Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)
江户高名会亭尽 深川八幡境内 二轩茶茶屋
Precincts of the Hachiman Shrine at Fukagawa: the Double Teahouse, from the series Famous Restaurants of Edo
1835-40
木版画 | 横绘大判 | 24.8cm x 36cm
Woodblock-print | Oban Yoko-e | 24.8cm x 36cm
整体品相非常好
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《江户高名会亭尽》，是歌川广重于十九世纪三四十年代创作的一套大判横版风景画系列。全套共计三十张，描绘了三十家当时江户城中的著名料理屋，不仅华丽优雅，构图考究，更是研究江户时代生活史不可多得的宝贵资料，可谓集艺术价值与历史价值于一身。
深川八幡宫，即富冈八幡宫，是一座位于东京都江东区富冈的八幡神社，亦是江户城中最大的八幡宫，江户城中著名的料理茶屋——二轩茶屋即坐落其内。
二轩茶屋其实并非一家店铺，而是由松本屋和伊势屋两家组成。一棵棵高大的苏铁蓬勃生长，一枝枝舒展的羽状叶结结实实地将前景遮去了大半。透过枝叶间的缝隙，可见二轩茶屋分立道路两旁。天空飘起细雨，苏铁下，两位艺伎正提起裙裾小步离开画面。她们身侧后方准备离店的两位男宾，似乎还在回味着刚才的佳肴美馔与艺伎们的精彩表演。乘兴而来，尽兴而归，哪管蒙蒙细雨。二轩茶屋的繁荣兴盛，皆有赖于这些江户子们的玩乐天性。
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Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)
Ando Hiroshige (1897-1858) revolutionized the art of landscape prints during the Edo era, building on the success of his senior, Hokusai, but taking a more poetic and naturalist approach to portraying the beauty of Japan.
The son of a low-level Samurai assigned to the fire brigade in Edo, Hiroshige became a student of the Utagawa school as a young man. His first prints focused on beautiful women (bijin), and views of Edo. But in 1833 he began work on his most famous early work, his first series depicting the Tokaido, the "Great Sea Road" between Edo and Tokyo.
Today there is some controversy about this series. Initially, it was believed that Hiroshige had travelled the route along with a local lord (Daimyo) who was making a gift of horses to the Emperor. But more recent scholarship suggests Hiroshige never travelled the road himself, at least not the entire way, and made his designs using published guidebooks.
Nonetheless, the prints were wonderful and revolutionary. They embraced the seasons with a gentle lyricism missing from Hokusai's striking but stylized depictions. In Hiroshige's work, nature is sacred -- but it is always mixed with humanity, with travelers or little inns or bridges. There is a magical harmony between man and the elements.
His depiction of the seasons and weather is especially evocative. Snow blankets some views with a hushed silence, while rain streaks down furiously in others. In some prints natured is agitated; in others, calm prevails. Produced in a horizontal oban yoko-e format, the series was a smash hit.
The Tokaido series made Hiroshige famous, and he became incredible prolific. In the 1840s he produced many strong designs, but many mediocre ones, too, including several subsequent Tokaido series of varying quality.
In 1853, however, he made a big step. He turned his landscapes sideways, embracing a bold vertical oban tate-e format. This gave his designs new energy and a modern feel. The first of these was Famous Views of the Sixty-Odd Provinces. From them on, most of his most noted series were executed in this format.
He saved his greatest for his last. In 1856 he began work on 100 Famous Views of Edo, which many consider his most exceptional work. Here his home city was portrayed with energy and passion, and in these 119 designs he created an incredible record of a vanished place. In addition to the striking vertical format, he developed exciting new compositions, often juxtaposing a strong foreground element with a distant background.
Among the many famous images in this series are Squall at Ohashi and the Plum Garden in Komeido. Both of these were copied by Vincent Van Gogh, a great admirer of Hiroshige. Thus, the great Japanese artist had a profound effect on Western art.
Alas, his beloved Edo ended his life. Hiroshige was claimed by a cholera epidemic that swept the city in 1958. His pupil Shigenobu, who took the name Hiroshige II, completed The Famous Views of Edo.