after - Hiroshige Utagawa (1797-1858) The camphor tree of th - Lot 83

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after - Hiroshige Utagawa (1797-1858) The camphor tree of th - Lot 83
after - Hiroshige Utagawa (1797-1858) The camphor tree of the Azuma Shrine, Japan - Print from the series of the 100 Famous Views of Edo - 40.2 x 26.8 cm Top left, the camphor tree rises high above the other trees, towards the sky through which a cloud of birds is flying. It is a mythical tree, symbol of Prince Yamato Takeru and his wife, Ototachibana Hime. According to the legend, the prince's father, Emperor Keiko, sends his son to fight in the north, but his violence arouses the anger of the gods who launch a storm to sink the ship on which he is travelling. The princess then throws herself into the sea, saving the prince by her sacrifice, who plants a few sticks of camphor on her grave. The shrine of Azuma is barely visible in the density of the forest, underlined by the intensity of the yellow road that leads to the shrine . Hiroshige here consciously exaggerates the size of the tree, underlining the most important element of the composition. Biography of Utagawa Hiroshige (1797 - 1858) Japanese draughtsman, engraver and painter. A prolific author, active between 1818 and 1858, he created a body of work consisting of more than 5,400 prints. Along with Hokusai, he is one of the last great names in printmaking, and in particular landscape printmaking, in Japan.
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