UNESCO travelling exhibition: Japanese woodcuts

8 i . U T AGAWA T o Y o K u N I F r o m the series Beauty Contest o f Contemporary 97. ICHIRYUSAI HIROSHIGE Snowy Evening at Asuka-yama. F r om t he series (1802-?) Women. [Xishiki-e.] (1797-1858) Eight Scenic Views around Edo. [J1ishiki-e.] 82 . UTAGAWA T o Y o m R o F r o m the series Girls Playing Ken (game 98. ICHIRYUSAI HIROSHIGE Summer Shower at ihashi Bridge. F r om the (1773-1810) p l a y e d with h a n d symbols). [J'Tishiki-e.] (1797-1858) series Hundred Famous Places in Edo. [Xishi- ki-e.] 83. U T AGAWA KUNIMASA Scene o f Night Attack from Act X I o f Chüshin- (1797-1861) gura (a Ka b u k i drama). [.Nishiki-e.] 99. ICHIRYU5AI HIROSHIGE Peach-blossom and Swallows in Moonlight 0 7 9 7 - 1 858) [J'slishiki-e.] 84. U T AGAWA K u N l Y o s H i A Beauty beside Kotatau (brazier placed inside (1773-1828) f r a m e w o r k a n d c o v e r l e t f o r w a r m t h i n w i n - 1 0 0 . I C H i R Y U s i HIROSHIGE Evening Moon at RyOgoku. F r om t he series ter) and a Cat. [J'fishiki-e.] (1797-1858) Famous Places in Edo. [J'fishiki-e.] 85. UTAGAWA KUNIsADA Woman Washing. F r om the series Jisei Edo (1786-1864) Kanoko. [Nishiki-e.] Brief explanation o f the processes used 86. K I K u K A w A E i z A N F r o m the series Furyu Tomigaoka Hatsu-ruki Sumizuri-e. A print from a single block in black ink (sumi). (1787-1867) ( b e a u t i e s i n s n o w s c e n e s a t T o m i g a o k a ) . Tan-e. A print with colour added b y hand, either mainly or predominantly a [JV'ishiki-e.] red-lead (tan). Beni-e or Beni is a vegetable pigment of pale a n d clear rose colour. A print in 87 . K E I s A l RISEN Thinking o f Her Lover. F r om the series Twelve Beniuri-e which one o r two colour blocks are used in addition to the outline block (1790-1848) Aspects o f Beauties. [J\fishiki-e.] and o f which one colour was beni is called Beni-e, or Benizuri-e. Urushi-e. A print in which a lacquer effect is obtained b y application o f glue b y hand 88. KATSUSHIKA H o K u s A l Landscape at Ushigafuchi, Kudan. [.JVIshiki-e.] to s o m e o f t h e black areas. )iishilci-e. Literally "brocade printing"; this is used for the fully developed colour ( I 7 6 o 1 8 4 9 ) p r i n t f r o m five or more blocks in addition to the outline. 89. KATSU5HIKA H o K u s A l Fine and Breezy, F r om t h e series Thirty-six Surirnono. Polycrome print with soft colour tones produced by quality of paper (1760-1849) Views o f Mt . Fuji. [jVishiki-e.] different from that of Nishiki-e. 9 0 . KATSU5HIKA H o K u s A l M t . Fuji seen through Wave-tops o f Kanagawa (1760-1849) Coast. F r om the series Thirty-six Views of Mt . Fuji. [J'fishiki-e.] 9 1 . KATSUSHIKA H o K u s A l Koshü Hiburi (bonfires for gathering fishes (1760-1849) i n K a i P r o v i n c e ) . F r o m the series Chie-no- Umi (thousand pictures o f seas a n d rivers). [J'Tishiki-e.] 9 2 . KATSUSHIKA 1-IOKUSAI White Lilies. [JWshiki-e.] (1760-1849) 93. TOTOYA HOKKE I M t . Fuji seen from Enoshima Island. [Surimono.] (1780-1850) 94. SHOTEI H o K u j u Landscape at Tsukuda-jima in Edo. [J'Tishiki-e.] (1763-1824) 95. IcHIRYUsAI HIROSHIGE Kambara. F r om the series F/Iy-three Stages (1797-1858) on TOkaidO Highway. [J'Tishiki-e.] 96. I c m R Y U s A I HIROSHIGE S e b a . F r o m t h e s e r i e s Sixty-nine Stages on (1797-1858) Kiso-KaidO Highway. [J'Tishiki-e.] 18 '9