#28 Full moon at Nagakubo, Utagawa Hiroshige

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Utagawa Hiroshige, #28 Full moon at Nagakubo
Utagawa Hiroshige, #28 Full moon at Nagakubo
Utagawa Hiroshige
#28 Full moon at Nagakubo
late 1830s, Edo period (1600–1868)
Utagawa Hiroshige
1797–1858
#28 Full moon at Nagakubo, late 1830s, Edo period (1600–1868)
Where object was made: Japan
Material/technique: color woodcut
Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 226 x 353 mm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 8 7/8 x 13 7/8 in
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 246 x 377 mm
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 9 11/16 x 14 13/16 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 14 x 19 in
Credit line: Source unknown
Accession number: 0000.2860
Not on display
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Archive Label Sept-May 1993: Travel became increasingly popular during the Edo period (k1600-1868) and art reflected peoples' interest in places they had been, wished to remember, or wanted to see. The Kiso Road was a major link between the modern cities of Kyoto and Tokyo, with the stations along the road functioning as rest stops. For this reason, places such as Nagakubo were familiar to many print viewers. Similar to some of the French art in "Seeking the Floating World: The Japanese Spirit in Turn-of-the-Century French Art", the moon was a popular motif among the Japanese. Artists in both countries took an interest in the design possibilities of silhouette and contour, and moonlight scenes particularly lent themselves to this purpose. There are many similarities between Hiroshige's print of the full moon and Guilloux's print of the same subject.

Citations

The University of Kansas Museum of Art. The Register of the Museum of Art: Glimpses of Fugitive Pleasures -- Japanese prints in the museum collection. Introduction and catalogue by Carla M. Zainie 5, no. 2, Spring (1975):