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Utagawa Toyokuni II Woodblock Night Rain at Oyama
Utagawa Toyokuni II Woodblock Night Rain at Oyama
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  • Utagawa Toyokuni II
  • Night Rain at Oyama
  • Eight Sights at Scenic Spots
  • Adachi
  • originally published 1830, this is a Showa era edition printed from recarved woodblocks
  • Japanese woodblock print
  • oban, 15 x 10 inches
  • The famous set of Thirty-six Views of Mt. Funi was published by Hokusai around the same time Toyokuni II designed this print and it is generally believed that it was the inspiration for the design. It was also a time when visits of religious homage to the Ise Shrine and to Shinto and Buddhist sanctuaries in Kyoto were becoming popular among people of th common class. Citizens of Edo made trips to Mt. Fuji, Mt. Oyama and other sacred places in the neighboring districts, motivating a vogue of landscape prints by Hokusai, Hiroshige, and other print artists.

    UTAGAWA TOYOKUNI II (Utagawa Toyoshige), student of the first Toyokuni (1769–1825), succeeded to his master's name as Toyokuni II in 1825. In Utagawa genealogy, Toyoshige and the famous Hiroshige are something like cousins. This is the most famous print in the series "Eight Famous Views of Kanagawa," set west of Edo, is Night Rain at ?yama. Mount ?yama, the ancient center of mountain asceticism where the guardian king Fud? My?? was enshrined, became a popular pilgrimage site during the eighteenth century. Prayers for rain were offered there, and it became standard to depict this place in the rain. The mysterious appearance of the mountain at night, with Mount Fuji visible in the distance, is achieved by rendering it without outline, in pointed contrast to the sharply delineated torrents in varying tones.

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  • Condition
    VG, no flaws of note
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    Utagawa Toyokuni II Woodblock Night Rain at Oyama

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    Starting Price $105

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