Authentic reproduction of Hiroshige's woodblock prints. Size: 61/2" x 9". $74.95 (S&H: $10.00).
WBU-383: "The Kinkakuji (Golden Pavillion), from the series of Famous Places in Kyoto" by Hiroshige Ando. Size: 61/2" x 9". $74.95 (S&H: $10.00). Delivery: 2-3 weeks.
Although today visitors are given slapdash taperecorded tour of the outside of this delicate pavillion- and that a reconstruction of recent years- in the past people were able to mount to the top for a good view of the pond.
WBU-384: "A Willow-tree by the Gateway of Shimabara, from the series of Famous Places in Kyoto" by Hiroshige Ando. Size: 61/2" x 9". $74.95 (S&H: $10.00). Delivery: 2-3 weeks.
Mt. Atago is seen far away veiled in mist with a wan crescent moon at dawn in the sky. The voices of merry-making men are heard through the entranceto the licensed quarter. A drunkard comes out helped by public women. Thoughgay and florid, there something of pathos. At present the building is cultural properties and a tall willow-tree and piled rain water barrels by the gate are but the shadows of what they were in the old days.
WBU-385: The Yodo River, from the series of Famous Places of Kyoto" by HiroshigeAndo. Size: 61/2" x 9". $74.95 (S&H: $10.00). Delivery: 2-3 weeks.
A cargo-passenger boat which left Fushimi in Kyoto slides down the river,breaking the moon reflected on the water. When it approaches Hirakata, boatsselling wine or burdock soup come close to it. A woman inside the rush matit supposed to be listening to a cuckoo's song.
WBU-386: "Rural Scene at Yase, from the series of Famous Places in Kyoto" by Hiroshige Ando. Size: 61/2" x 9". $74.95 (S&H: $10.00). Delivery: 2-3 weeks.
Three peasant-women with loads on their head, walking along a narrow path through the rolling fields of north of Kyoto. The color-scheme is an unusual one employing mainly grass green, light grey and dark blue.
WBU-387: "Autumn Moon at Ishiyama, one of the Eight Views of Omi" by Hiroshige Ando. Size: 61/2" x 9". $74.95 (S&H: $10.00). Delivery: 2-3 weeks.
This superb landscape, the most elegant of the Omi series, shows a long bridge running across Lake Biwa, which is silvered in white moon light. Ishiyama, in the foreground, the location of a famous temple, has often been the subject of sorrowful romances and poems.
WBU-388: Evening Glow at Seta, one of the Eight Views of Omi" by Hiroshige Ando. Size: 61/2" x 9". $59.95 (S&H: $10.00). Delivery: 2-3 weeks.
This evening glow scene, a bird's-eye view from Ishiyama shows grand of the Lake Biwa. The long bridge, Seta Karahashi is running across the Lake Biwa. Many people are going over the bridge, which is on the Tokaido Highway.
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