Title
Clearing Weather at Awazu (Awazu seiran) 粟津晴嵐, from the series Eight views of Lake Biwa
circa 1834
Artist
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Details
- Alternative title
- Ōmi hakkei no uchi: Awazu seiran
- Place where the work was made
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Japan
- Period
- Tenpo era 1830 - 1844 → Edo (Tokugawa) period 1615 - 1868 → Japan
- Date
- circa 1834
- Media category
- Materials used
- woodblock print; ink and colour on paper
- Dimensions
- 22.5 x 34.9 cm image; 25.1 x 36.9 cm sheet
- Signature & date
Signed u.l, in Japanese, ink, incised on block "Hiroshige ga" [picture by Hiroshige]. Not dated.
- Credit
- Purchased 1961
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- DO12.1961
- Copyright
- Artist information
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Hiroshige Andō/Utagawa
Works in the collection
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About
Utagawa Hiroshige (also known as Andō Hiroshige)
specialised in pictures of the ‘floating world’ or 'ukiyo-e',
with a particular interest in landscapes. This woodblock print
presents the view from the pine beach of Awazu north
to Mount Hiei on the western shore of Lake Biwa, the
largest freshwater lake in Japan. Recognisable by its
distinctive jagged shape, Mount Hiei is a sacred Buddhist and Shinto site that is considered home to Shinto deities and demons.The poem in the upper right can be translated as:
White, as when the wind
Clears away the cloud and scatters it,
The sails of a hundred boats
Come flying to Awazu. -
Places
Where the work was made
Japan
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Exhibition history
Shown in 2 exhibitions
Purchases and Acquisitions for 1961, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 04 Apr 1962–25 May 1962
Japanese Woodcuts, Newcastle Art Gallery, Newcastle, 28 Jun 1968–28 Jul 1968
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Bibliography
Referenced in 1 publication
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Matthi Forrer, Hiroshige - Prints and Drawings, Munich, 1997, not paginated (colour illus.). cat. no.74
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Provenance
Dr Miller, 04 Jul 1919
Getting, 11 Feb 1936
R.G. McNair Scott, pre 11 Apr 1960, London/England, purchased by Mr C Norris for the Art Gallery of New South Wales from the sale of Japanese prints and sword furniture from the collection of RG McNair Scott. Glendining & Co, London, 11 April 1960, lot 189.
