Japanese Print Cards

 

Box set of notecards

 

Winter, spring, summer or fall, Ando Hiroshige created color woodblock prints of scenic vistas of his native Japan. The box holds five cards each of:

    • Japanese Plum Garden at Kamata from One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, 1857. The original print is in the Honolulu Academy of Arts.
    • Maples at Mama from One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, 1857. The original print is in the British Library, London.
    • Fuji from the Mountains of Isu from Thirty-six Views of Mt. Fuji, original print in the Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge, UK
    • View of Mount Haruna in the Snow from Famous Views of the Sixty Odd Provinces, original print in the Galerie Ostier, Paris.

Box with magnetic closure

20 3-1/2 x 5" notecards, 21 envelopes

4 images

£6.50

(plus UK P&P £1.75)

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Miyajima Shrine Card

 

 

 

Kawase Hasui's Miyajima Shrine in Snow was commissioned by the Pacific Transport Lines company as a calendar illustration in 1935. He chose to show his subject--the noh stage and the torii gate of the Itsukushimi Shinto Shrine--in the falling snow.

The buildings are built on pier-like structures in the bay off the island of Miyajima ("Shrine Island"), which is in the prefecture of Hiroshima. Although the shrine was established in the sixth century, the current gate is from 1875. The area is a UNESCO World Heritage site and the buildings are Japanese National Treasures.

Message inside:

Peace

20 notecards, 21 envelopes

Cards measure 3-1/2 x 5"

£5.00

( plus UK P&P £1.50)

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