{"product_id":"hiroshige-cherry-blossoms","title":"Hiroshige: Cherry Blossoms","description":"\u003cp\u003eUtagawa Hiroshige’s extraordinary woodblock-print series \u003cem\u003eOne Hundred Famous Views of Edo\u003c\/em\u003e ranks among the greatest achievements of Japanese art. Issued between 1856 and 1858, the 118 woodblock landscape and genre scenes of mid-19th-century Tokyo remain a precious record of the appearance, and spirit, of Edo at the culmination of more than two centuries of uninterrupted peace and prosperity. The four prints reproduced in this notecard assortment highlight the delicate cherry blossoms of Edo. Contains five each of the following notecards: \u003cem\u003eSuwa Bluff, Nippori\u003c\/em\u003e, 5\/1856 \u003cem\u003eDam on the Otonashi River at Ōji\u003c\/em\u003e, 2\/1857 \u003cem\u003eNew Fuji, Meguro\u003c\/em\u003e, 4\/1857 \u003cem\u003eBlossoms on the Tama River Embankment\u003c\/em\u003e, 2\/1856\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 20 blank notecards (5 each of 4 designs) with envelopes in a decorative box\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e • Printed in full color on recycled paper with soy based inks \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e • High-quality 250 gsm card stock\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e • Soft white envelopes\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e • Pomegranate’s notecard sets feature exclusive selections of art from museums and artists around the world\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Published with the Brooklyn Museum\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Box size: 5.375 x 7.375 x 1.5 in.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Card size: 5 x 7 in.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUtagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797–1858), a member of Japan’s samurai class, lived and died in Edo (renamed Tokyo in 1868). He inherited his father’s official post as a fire warden while still in his teens, though he simultaneously apprenticed as a\u003cem\u003eukiyo-e\u003c\/em\u003e artist. By the 1830s he had come into his artistic maturity, depicting landscapes, birds and flowers, and scenes of daily life. At that time, Japan was opening to the West after centuries of seclusion, and his prints, showcasing the tranquil Japanese countryside, became popular the world over. Hiroshige was one of the last great masters of traditional Japanese woodblock printmaking, and his magnum opus, the print series \u003cem\u003eOne Hundred Famous Views of Edo\u003c\/em\u003e ranks among the greatest achievements of Japanese art.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"POMEGRANATE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title \/ NA","offer_id":44808489206042,"sku":"235","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2992\/6734\/files\/20260319_155707_2.jpg?v=1774638198","url":"https:\/\/store.pafa.org\/products\/hiroshige-cherry-blossoms","provider":"Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}