Chris Uhlenbeck, Marije Jansen. Hiroshige: Shaping the Image of Japan. — Leiden: Hotei Publishing, 2008.
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Softcover, publisher’s illustrated wrappers with title in white and yellow, 297 × 245 mm, printed on coated paper, pp. [1–5] 6–112.
Language: English.
ISBN: 9789004171954
Comprehensive overview of Utagawa Hiroshige’s (1797–1858) woodblock print oeuvre, coinciding with the 150th anniversary of his death. Includes a general introduction, essays on Hiroshige’s publishers and artistic development, and a catalogue of 135 prints selected from public and private collections. Each item is illustrated in full colour and discussed in chronological sequence.
Note:
Cover illustration: detail of catalogue item 58.
Contents:
- Acknowledgements
- Notes to the catalogue
- Hiroshige: Shaping the image of Japan
- Hiroshige’s publishers
- Catalogue (135 items)
- Hiroshige’s biographical data
- Bibliography
Section Fans, pp. 66-68; four uchiwa-e presented.
Rupert Faulkner estimated that c. 400 fan prints by Hiroshige have survived, and therefore, one can conclude that the designing of fans constituted a major activity for the artist (Faulkner, 2001, p. 11). The publisher Ibaya Senzaburo was the principal source for commissions, and Hiroshige’s first designs date from the early 1830s. Since fans were used and carried about in public, it is possibly the most fashion-sensitive genre in ukiyo-e, and the demand for Hiroshige fans can be considered an indicator of the popularity of his prints in general among the Edo populace. To what degree the success of specific prints within Hiroshige’s regular oeuvre created a demand for fans of the same subject needs to be analyzed.
The production of fans was a seasonal activity. Fan sellers had to have their collections ready by late spring.
Fans would be mounted on a bamboo frame. In general, one side would be figurative with a design combining figures and a landscape, and the other side would often be just a simple motif connected to one of the seasons. After mounting on the bamboo frame, the surplus white paper would be cut away.
The fans that are shown here in the catalogue have all escaped actual use as a fan and are therefore well-preserved.
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