HIROSHIGE - HIRASAN
HIRASAN is a range of mountains north east of the Kyoto basin now known for a scenic drive and ski fields. Snow on these peaks is one of the Eight Views of OMI?
Once again Hiroshige shows his mastery of color and tone. There are only two colors used black and blue but every raised surface on the block that impressed ink onto the paper renders shadow and shape and the colorist has carefully tinted the block to reflect the tones of a whatever watercolor sketch Hiroshige sent them.
I have no idea what village that is in the foreground probably judging from the angle somewhere north of Otsu that is now a suburb of that city.
And theres the contrast creating depth between the line work in the foreground of trees houses people and the nearest slopes and raising up so high just a shape with no outline just whiteness raising against a gray wintery sky.
HIROSHIGE
truly one of the greats!
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