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Utagawa Hiroshige I - Woman Fulling Cloth

Woman Fulling Cloth

An original Japanese woodcut by Utagawa Hiroshige I, "Woman Fulling Cloth" is printed upon early 19th century Japanese mulberry paper bearing the 'Hiroshige red 'Ichiryusai' seal under his signature "Hiroshige hitsu", is placed along the right margin. In the 1820's Hiroshige designed a series of eight woodcuts, each of which dealt with a visual comparison of women with scenery. "Woman Fulling Cloth" may belong to this series, as the woman's physical motions are mirrored by the wind swept, swaying reeds behind her. This original woodcut It is befitting of one of Japan's greatest masters, Utagawa Hiroshige I.

Title:	Woman Fulling Cloth
Artist:	Hiroshige I, Utagawa (Japan, 1797 - 1858)
Date:	c. 1820 - 1825
Medium:	Original Japanese Woodcut
Signature:	Signed Hiroshige hitsu
Series:	Figure Sketches
Note:	Utagawa Hiroshige I: Undoubtedly, the two greatest masters of Japanese landscape art are Hiroshige and Hokusai. Hiroshige --perhaps the most lyrical landscape artist of any time -- was born into a low ranking Samurai family in the capital city of Edo. He became a pupil of Toyohiro at the age of fifteen and studied the art of the Utagawa School. He started his career as a book illustrator and then turned to portrayals of beautiful women. It wasn't until seeing Hokusai's Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji that Hiroshige turned to his famous landscape art.
	During his productive career Hiroshige designed about 10,000 single sheet woodcuts as well as several hundred illustrations for books. Woman Fulling Cloth dates from the first phase of Hiroshige's creative art. His first independent prints were published around 1817 and, for the following fifteen years his imagery usually followed the artistic conventions of the day. His art, of course, changed dramatically in 1832 when Utagawa Hiroshige I undertook his first journey to Kyoto. As a result his monumental Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido was created.
	In the 1820's Utagawa Hiroshige I designed a series of eight woodcuts, each of which dealt with a visual comparison of women with scenery. This original Hiroshige woodcut may belong to this series, as the woman's physical motions are mirrored by the wind swept, swaying reeds behind her. "Woman Fulling Cloth" is a brilliant, early woodcut befitting one of Japan's greatest masters. A Haiku poem is located in the upper margins. The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston includes an impression of this original woodcut in its permanent collection, Accession Number: 21.7858.
Raissone:	Ukiyo-e shuka 14, 1981, Hiroshige list, page 239, sanchogake #91; Uchida 1930, #325
Size:	9 1/2 X 4 1/2 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
	Framed and Matted with 100% Archival Materials
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Condition:	Printed upon early nineteenth century Japanese mulberry (rice) paper and with margins cropped to the image on all sides. Bearing the artist's red 'Ichiryusai' seal under his signature, "Hiroshige hitsu" along the right margin. A strongly printed, beautiful impression and in very good condition throughout. Woman Fulling Cloth represents a fine, original example of the famous woodcut art of Utagawa Hiroshige I.
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Original Woodcut by the Japanese artist, Utagawa Hiroshige I.

Woman Fulling Cloth (Series of Figure Sketches)

View other original Japanese woodcuts by Utagawa Hiroshige I.

Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japan, 1797 - 1858)
#	Image	Title & Artist	Medium	Date	Publisher, Series, Signatures & Seals	Raisonne & Reference	-
01.-		A Cuckoo Flying over Ship's Masts (Hobashira to hototogisu) by Utagawa Hiroshige I	Original Woodcut	c. 1835	Publisher: Jakurindo, Artist's red 'Ichiryusai' seal under his signature of 'Hiroshige ga'	C. J. Bogel & I. Goldman, Hiroshige, Birds and Flowers, New York, George Braziller Inc., & the Rhode Island School of Design, 1988. Catalogue #89. (Illustrated opposite page.)	Sold
02.-		Biwa-Hoshi On The Tokaido Road Near Maisaka (Series: The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido by two Brushes) by Kunisada I and by Utagawa Hiroshige I	Original Woodcut	c. 1854 - 1857	Publisher: Maruya Kishuro, Series: Sohitsu gojusan tsugi (The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido by two Brushes)	Edward F. Strange, Hiroshige's Woodblock Prints, Dover Books, Toronto, 1983 (First published, 1925). Catalogue # 31 of the series and deals with the station of Maisaka	Sold
03.-		Hara (Series: The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road) by Utagawa Hiroshige I	Original Woodcut	1840	Publisher: Sanoki, Series: Tokaido Gojusan-tsugi no Uchi (The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road)	Edward F. Strange, Hiroshige's Woodblock Prints, Dover Books, Toronto, 1983 (First published, 1925). Catalogue #14	Sold
04.-		Namazu (Series: The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road) by Utagawa Hiroshige I	Original Woodcut	1840	Publisher: Sanoki, Series: Tokaido Gojusan-tsugi no Uchi (The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road)	Edward F. Strange, Hiroshige's Woodblock Prints, Dover Books, Toronto, 1983 (First published, 1925). Catalogue #13	Sold
05.-		Narumi (Series: The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido by two Brushes) by Kunisada I and by Utagawa Hiroshige I	Original Woodcut	c. 1854 - 1857	Publisher: Maruya Kishuro, Series: Sohitsu gojusan tsugi (The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido by two Brushes)	Edward F. Strange, Hiroshige's Woodblock Prints, Dover Books, Toronto, 1983 (First published, 1925). Catalogue #41	Sold
06.-		Wild Geese Flying Across a Crescent Moon (Mikazuki ni gan) by Utagawa Hiroshige I	Original Woodcut	c. 1835	Publisher: Jakurindo, Artist's red 'Ichiryusai' seal under his signature of 'Hiroshige ga'	C. J. Bogel & I. Goldman, Hiroshige, Birds and Flowers, New York, George Braziller Inc., & the Rhode Island School of Design, 1988. Catalogue #90	Sold
07.-		Woman Fulling Cloth (Series of Figure Sketches) by Utagawa Hiroshige I	Original Woodcut	c. 1820 - 1825	Artist's red 'Ichiryusai' seal under his signature of 'Hiroshige ga'	In 1820 Hiroshige designed a series of eight woodcuts, each of which dealt with a visual comparison of women with scenery.	Sold

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