Landscapes and Beauties: Feeling Like Reading the Next Volume by Utagawa Kuniyoshi - 19th century Tokyo National Museum Landscapes and Beauties: Feeling Like Reading the Next Volume by Utagawa Kuniyoshi - 19th century Tokyo National Museum

Landscapes and Beauties: Feeling Like Reading the Next Volume

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  • Utagawa Kuniyoshi - January 1, 1798 - April 14, 1861 Utagawa Kuniyoshi 19th century

Wow, it's already August! Time flies!

The Landscapes and Beauties series by the 19th-century Japanese artist, Utagawa Kuniyoshi, combines women who feel eagerness for something with framed pictures of landscapes related to regional specialties. This print depicts a woman with a book, wanting to read the next. The framed scene features whitebait fishing at Nishinomiya of Settsu (present-day Hyogo prefecture), which originates from the book Sankai meisan zue (Book of Specialties from the Land and Sea), illustrated by Shitomi Kangetsu.

Love it!  : )

P.S. If you're tired of high temperatures, check these Japanese ukiyo-e woodblock prints with snow and winter here.

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