Rinsai Utsushi

Pheasants at the Shore (Kacho-ga - Depiction of Birds & Flowers)

Rinsai Utsushi's original Japanese woodcut, "Pheasants at the Shore" hails from his largest and most famous set of 'Kacho-ga' (Depiction of Birds & Flowers), entitled, 'Newly Selected Nature Studies' published in Edo in 1880. This woodcut depicts a Japanese landscape with a view of a snowy mountain in the distance yet, the main landscape is lush and green surrounded by the flowing streams of melting snow. And, to accentuate the fact that spring has clearly come, in the forefront of this landscape, Utsushi has included two beautifully colored pheasants, bushes with red, purple and white flowers and trees bursting with pink blossoms. It is evident that Utsushi's choice of line, form and color create a great impact upon this perfect scene. This study is a fine, original example of the bird and flower studies created by the Japanese artist, Rinsai Utsushi.

Original Woodcut by the Japanese artist, Rinsai Utsushi, 'Kacho-ga' (depiction of birds and flowers), from the Newly Selected Nature Studies

Pheasants at the Shore (Kacho-ga - Depiction of Birds & Flowers)

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Rinsai Utsushi (Japan, active 19th c.)
#	Image	Title & Artist	Date	Medium	Source:	Note	-
01.-		A Falcon in a Snowy Landscape (Kacho-ga - Depiction of Birds & Flowers), by Rinsai Utsushi	1880	Original Woodcut	Newly Selected Nature Studies	Framed	Sold
02.-		Ducks and Various Flowers (Kacho-ga - Depiction of Birds & Flowers), by Rinsai Utsushi	1880	Original Woodcut	Newly Selected Nature Studies	Matted
03.-	--	Egrets and Marsh Flowers (Kacho-ga - Depiction of Birds & Flowers), by Rinsai Utsushi	1880	Original Woodcut	Newly Selected Nature Studies	Framed	Sold
04.-		Geese under a Flowering Tree (Kacho-ga - Depiction of Birds & Flowers), by Rinsai Utsushi	1880	Original Woodcut	Newly Selected Nature Studies	Framed
05.-		Pheasants at the Shore Stream (Kacho-ga - Depiction of Birds & Flowers), by Rinsai Utsushi	1880	Original Woodcut	Newly Selected Nature Studies	Matted
06.-		Pheasant by a Mountain Stream (Kacho-ga - Depiction of Birds & Flowers), by Rinsai Utsushi	1880	Original Woodcut	Newly Selected Nature Studies	Framed	Sold
07.-		Quails and Peonies (Kacho-ga - Depiction of Birds & Flowers), by Rinsai Utsushi	1880	Original Woodcut	Newly Selected Nature Studies	Matted
08.-		Various Birds and Flowers (Kacho-ga - Depiction of Birds & Flowers), by Rinsai Utsushi	1880	Original Woodcut	Newly Selected Nature Studies	Framed
09.-		Various Birds and Flowers in a Mountainous Landscape (Kacho-ga - Depiction of Birds & Flowers), by Rinsai Utsushi	1880	Original Woodcut	Newly Selected Nature Studies	Matted

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Title:	Pheasants at the Shore (Kacho-ga - Depiction of Birds & Flowers)
Artist:	Utsushi, Rinsai (Japan, active, c. 1869 - 1890)
Date:	1880
Medium:	Original Japanese Woodcut
Source:	Newly Selected Nature Studies
Note:	‘Kacho-ga’ -- the artistic depiction of birds and flowers -- was one of the three traditional subjects of ancient Chinese painting and drawing. Japanese woodcut masters thoroughly explored this genre with the great Utamaro leading the way in the late eighteenth century. The nineteenth century witnessed the finest and most diverse Kacho-ga (Kacho-e). In the first half of the century such masters as Hiroshige and Hokusai contributed many bird and flower studies. Kacho-ga, however, became even more dominant in the Meiji era (1868-1912). Such fine artists as Rinsai Utsushi, Watanabe Seitei, Imao Keinen and Zeshin dedicated most if not all of their efforts to the art of Kacho-ga.
	Rinsai Utsushi is known to have produced woodcuts in the capital of Edo (Tokyo) from 1869 to 1890. Practically all his art involved the study of the natural world. Most of his woodcuts were created in series form and bound into a 'gafu' (picture album), 'Ehon' (picture book), also known as, woodblock-printed book thus the center crease in this original example. This woodcut hails from Utsushi’s largest and most famous set of Kacho-ga entitled, Newly Selected Nature Studies, published in 1880. These full, oban sized woodcuts are masterworks of complex color shadings and tones and deserve to be ranked among the finest examples of late nineteenth century Japanese woodcut art. This woodcut is a striking example of Rinsai Utsushi's Japanese landscape art. The scene depicts a view of a snowy mountain in the distance yet, the main landscape is lush and green surrounded by the flowing streams of melting snow. Within the central part of this image, there is a small bridge covered in snow, built to reach a sleepy house by the shore. But, to make it clear that spring has come, in the forefront of this landscape, Utsushi has placed two beautifully colored pheasants surrounded by bushes with red, purple and white flowers and trees bursting with pink blossoms. It is evident that Utsushi's choice of line, form and color create a great impact upon this perfect scene.
Size:	Aiban 9 X 14 1/4 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
	Matted with 100% Archival Materials
Buy Now	Price: $325.00 US
Condition:	Printed upon 19th Japanese mulberry (rice) paper and with full margins as published in 1880. Signed by the artist in block. Bearing the vertical center fold mark, as always. A finely printed impression with brilliant, full colors and in very good condition throughout. Pheasants at the Shore represents a prime, original example of the important Kacho-ga art of Rinsai Utsushi.
Subject:	Rinsai Utsushi, "Pheasants at the Shore", original Japanese woodcut, Kacho-ga, 'Newly Selected Nature Studies', landscape.
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