{"product_id":"motoyama-after-utagawa-hiroshige","title":"Nagakubo - After Utagawa Hiroshige","description":"\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eArtist:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTitle:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNagakubo\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (長久保)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSeries:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSixty-Nine Stations of the Kisokaidō\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKisokaidō Rokujūkyū Tsugi no Uchi\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eStation:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNo. 28 – Nagakubo\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOriginal Design:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e c. 1835–1838\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMedium:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Color woodblock print\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEdition:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Later Japanese reprint\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher of Reprint:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDai-ichi Kōgei (第一巧芸版)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSignature:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Hiroshige ga, block-signed within the image\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSize:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003cspan class=\"text-token-text-primary cursor-text rounded-sm\"\u003e12.625 X 8.5 in\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis Japanese woodblock print reproduces \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUtagawa Hiroshige’s “Nagakubo,” Station No. 28 from the celebrated \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSixty-Nine Stations of the Kisokaidō\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. The original design dates to the 1830s and belongs to one of Hiroshige’s most important landscape series.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe scene depicts travelers arriving at Nagakubo beneath a pale moon. A large pine dominates the composition while figures, horses and dogs gather along the riverbank. Hiroshige renders the distant mountains and bridge in soft gray silhouettes, giving the landscape a remarkably atmospheric sense of depth and evening light.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis impression is a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003elater Japanese woodblock reprint rather than a 19th-century impression\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. The left margin bears the red inscription \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e第一巧芸版 (Dai-ichi Kōgei-ban)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, identifying it as an edition published by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDai-ichi Kōgei\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. It was produced through the traditional Japanese woodblock process rather than being a modern photographic reproduction.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eInscriptions \u0026amp; Marks:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNagakubo (長久保)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e title cartouche at upper left\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eSeries title \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKisokaidō Rokujūkyū Tsugi no Uchi\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHiroshige ga\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e block signature\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eReproduction of the original publisher\/seal information within the design\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDai-ichi Kōgei (第一巧芸版)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e reprint mark in the left margin\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTraditional color woodblock printing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCondition:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Very good overall vintage condition. Light toning and minor discoloration are visible in the margins, consistent with age. The printed image remains clean and attractive, with strong blues, blacks and greens and good gradation in the sky and water. Please review all photographs carefully, as they form part of the condition description.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the Series:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e The \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSixty-Nine Stations of the Kisokaidō\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, also known as the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSixty-Nine Stations of the Nakasendō\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, was created by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKeisai Eisen and Utagawa Hiroshige\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e during the 1830s. The series follows the inland highway connecting Edo and Kyoto and is regarded, alongside Hiroshige’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFifty-Three Stations of the Tōkaidō\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, as one of the great achievements of 19th-century Japanese landscape printmaking.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAuthenticity:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e This is a \u003c\/span\u003egenuine traditionally produced Japanese woodblock reprint of Hiroshige’s Nagakubo design, published by Dai-ichi Kōgei. 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