100 Poems by 100 Poets Series. Color wood-block print on paper. Print measures approx. 14-1/2"H x 9"W. Poem by Anesada Fujiwara featured on the print reads: "When looking at the direction a cuckoo was singing, there is only the moon in the sky over Ariake ocean." Hiroshige (1797-1858), Japanese painter and printmaker, known especially for his landscape prints. The last great figure of the Ukiyo-e, or popular, school of printmaking, he transmuted everyday landscapes into intimate, lyrical scenes that made him even more successful than his contemporary, Hokusai.
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