March 2014 Archives

Dear Customers and Friends,

Hello from Akiko Yamada sending you our newsletter.
The cherry blossom season has come.
I am looking forward to viewing cherry blossom.
But some people are worry for hay fever.
I hope they get well soon.
This is today's lineup.

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Special Feature;
New Items
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Recently I climbed Mt. Fuji taking only about 1munite!
It's not genuine Mt. Fuji, but a Fujizuka mound, a kind of an artificial Mt.fuji.
In Edo period people believed Mt. Fuji was a sacred place and there were a lot of pilgrimage groups called Fujiko.
They went on pilgrimages to Mt. Fuji.
But some people among them could not take part in the tour because of their budget, their job or some circumstances.
Especially at that time, women were prohibited to climb Mt.Fuji except a special one year of 60 years.
Therefore small hills which they could experience simulation to climbed Mt. Fuji.

Some of them still remain and I went to one of them, Hatonomori shrine in Shibuya ward, Tokyo.
http://www.hatonomori-shrine.or.jp/index.php?id=73#type030_73_1
It is 6-7meters high made in around 1789.
A small shrine is located in the top of the hill is covered with lava carried from Mt. Fuji.
They planted bamboo glasses and made small cave made by lava.
After climbing the Fujizuka, you can receive the certification the shrine office!

So today I will introduce Ukiyo-e depicting Mt. Fuji.
This is the most famous series of Mt. Fuji!.
Hokusai "Thirty-six Views of Mt. Fuji, The coast of seven leagues in Kamakura"

Bold composition!
Hiroshige "Fifty-three Stations of Tokaido, Hara"
Sadahide "The Greatest Mountain in the Three Countries"

Recommend for gift!
Hiroshige II "Famous Views of Edo, Edo Bridge"
Gekko "100 Mt. Fuji, Lucky Dream"

You can check all items of Ukiyo-e of Mt.Fuji
http://www.japanese-finearts.com/item/search.php?tagnm=Mt.Fuji


New items!
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Utamaro
"Shaving the Baby's Head"

Hiroshige
"Fifty-three Stations of Tokaido, Hakone"
"Fifty-three Stations of Tokaido, Shono"
"Snail"

Musha-e
Yoshikazu "Battle of Awazu"
Yoshitora "Battle of Yamazaki"

Shunga
Yanagawa Shigenobu "Yanagi no Arashi Vol.11"
Toyokuni III/Kunisada "Shiki no Sugatami"

and more

We renew our website almost every day!
Please visit our website.
If you have any question, please feel free to contact us!


Sincerely yours,
Akiko Yamada

Ukiyoe Gallery SHUKADO
http://www.japanese-finearts.com/

SHUKADO Co., Ltd
Address: Sone Building 7F, Ginza 6-4-8, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0061
TEL:(international number)+81-3-3569-3620 FAX:+81-3-3569-3621
email: info@japanese-finearts.com

Dear customers and friends,
Good afternoon from Akiko Yamada of Shukado.

Cold weather still continues in Japan.
We had heavily snow last month.
I can hardly wait for the warm spring!!
This is today's lineup.

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・Special Feature; Japanese plum.
・New Items
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The other day I saw Japanese plum blooming.
Japanese plum is representative example of spring flowers.
Kairakuen is famous for its beautiful Japanese plum blossoms.
http://www.koen.pref.ibaraki.jp/foreign_language/en/index.html

There are a lot of Ukiyo-e depicting Japanese plum.
It seems this is the most famous among them.
Hiroshige "One Hundred Views of Edo, Plum Estate, Kameido"
It is known as the one Vincent Van Gogh copied.
He was astonished at its bold composition and outline.

This is same place , Kameido Umeyashiki was depicted in Ukiyo-e by Hirosige.
Hiroshige "Famous Views of Edo, Kameido Umeyashiki"

Speaking of Japanese plum, we eat them as pickled plum.
Pickled plum are very salty and sour but are good at preservative quality.
Pickled plum that made by traditional way hold out for one hundred years!
So it is said its' citric acid component is effective to reduce fatigue.

This is also famous site for Japanese plum , Kamata along with Kameido.
Hiroshige "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, Plum Garden at Kamata"
It is said that pickled plum had been sold as souvenir there.

Other Ukiyo-e about Japanese plum.
Toyokuni III/Kunisada "Genji-e, Plum tree"
Toyokuni III/Kunisada "Thirty-six Views of the Pride of Edo, Umeyashiki"


New items!
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Hiroshige　"Fifty-three Stations of Tokaido, Hakone"

Hiroshige　"One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, Kanasugi Bridge Shibaura"

Eizan　"Oiwake dance"

Hiroshige II　"One hundred Famous Views of Japan, Suo Iwakuni Kintaikyo"

Hokusai　"Fifty-three Stations of Tokaido"

Kuniyoshi　Edonishiki Azuma Bunko Vol.1（Shunga Book)

and more.


We renew our website almost every day!
Please visit our website.
If you have any question, please feel free to contact us!

Sincerel yours,
Akiko Yamada


Ukiyoe Gallery SHUKADO
http://www.japanese-finearts.com/

SHUKADO Co., Ltd
Address: Sone Building 7F, Ginza 6-4-8, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0061
TEL:(international number)+81-3-3569-3620 FAX:+81-3-3569-3621
email: info@japanese-finearts.com