Fūki kusa sono no yūran – Antique Wall Art
![Fūki kusa sono no yūran, [between 1849 and 1852] — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/e1/e19bfbab0743-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Fūki kusa sono no yūran comes to life in this historic print, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Fūki kusa sono no yūran
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Three vertical sheets join here into one continuous garden scene, a format that let Edo-period printmakers spread a landscape across a far wider field than a single oban sheet allowed. The title, *Fūki kusa sono no yūran*, points to the pleasures of a flower garden, a subject that suited the mid-nineteenth century, when townspeople in Edo enjoyed strolling among cultivated plants and seasonal blooms. Made by multi-block color woodcut, each sheet carries its own colors and outlines, so the joins between panels reward a close look at how the composition carries from one sheet to the next.
| Created / published | [between 1849 and 1852] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (3 sheets) : woodcut, color ; 35.6 x 73.2 cm (whole image), 35.4 x 24 cm (left panel), 35.5 x 24.5 cm (center panel), 35.6 x 24.7 cm (right panel) |
| Genre | organized by the Library of Congress, 2001. |
| Notes | Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Vertical Oban Nishikie triptych. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress). Published in: The Floating world of Ukiyo-e ... / essays by Sandy Kita .... New York ..., 2001, no. 34, p. 74-75. Exhibited: The Floating world of Ukiyo-e: shadows |
| Subjects | Gardens--Japan--1840-1860. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,582 × 4,468 px · prints to 12 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-221904 |
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