This series of 100 famous places in Edo was drawn by Popular Ukiyo-e artist Hiroshige Uagawa in the Edo period. It is a work depicting the famous tree "Garyu Ume" of umeyashiki in Kameido, Edo before. The composition of the perspective is skillfully used, and the fragrance of the gorgeous plum seems to drift softly from the entire screen. A reprinted limited edition from the Honolulu Museum of Art in Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.A. has been created.
〈There is a letter sliding of "Honolulu Museum of Art" on the back side〉
Echigo Washi Raw Paper
The finest handmade Washi paper made in Echizen, Fukui Prefecture, using high-quality woodblock print paper
Handrail Woodblock Print
a traditional printing technique in which a pattern engraved on a tree is colored on paper with a handrail for each color
In fact, there was also a color difference! ? 100 Famous Views of Edo Kameido Umeyapo " Honolulu Museum of Art Collection
Kenji Takenaka, the 5th generation takenaka wood plate representative, has been visiting the Honolulu Museum of Art (Honolulu Museum of Art) in Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.A. for several years since 2007, visiting ukiyo-e works from the museum's collection and meetings with curators. Among them, we focused on the fact that there are three other color differences in the color scheme of original works in the museum's "100 Famous Views of Edo Kameido Umeyapo", and we proposed a reprint to the museum to verify its existence and obtained approval for the production.
As the first reprint, we started selling works with the same color scheme as the original ukiyo-e.
Produced by skilled craftsmen, this work is only available at the Honolulu Museum of Art Museum Shop, Takesasado Store, and Online Shop.
Ukiyo-e artist Ukawa Hiroshige
A ukiyo-e artist who was active in the late Edo period. It gained popularity with "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido", which depicts post towns on the Tokaido from Edo to Kyoto, and has since left many landscape paintings from all over Japan. In addition to depicting the famous places of each place as it is, many works that express the depiction of nature such as rain and wind and the appearance of the people of Ichii full of humor are rich in poetry. In particular, the beauty of indigo has gained a worldwide reputation and is also called "Hiroshige Blue".
Features of Ukiyo-e reprints from the Honolulu Museum of Art
・ 108% enlarged size of the original work
Paper size = about 40 cm × about 27 cm / picture size = about 36.5 cm × about 24.5 cm
Number of sliding times 31 times / Woodblock 15th edition
・ The letter "Honolulu Museum of Art" is written on the back of the work.
Size
Picture: About 36.5cm of × about 24.5cm
Paper: About 40cm × about 27cm
*Expanded original works from the Honolulu Museum of Art to 108%
Material: Echichi-mae Essukuri Hos written paper
Specification: Handrail woodblock print / Frameable separately (with dedicated mat)
Picture frame size：About 44cm ×56cm
Delivery time: About 5 days
In 1899, "Long-established Handrail Craftsman Takenaka Woodblock Print", which inherits the flow of woodblock printing technology with a history of 1,200 years, was founded in Kyoto and has been involved in many woodblock printings that live in life.
"I want you to make wood-cut printing more fun and interesting. With that in their thoughts, craftsmen started "Takesasado", which proposes products using woodblock prints.
