Geisha, stirring coals in the brazier by Hosoda Aisi

Geisha, stirring coals in the brazier by Hosoda Aisi

In his works, the characteristic features of the Ukiyo-e landscape receive the most vivid and perfect embodiment.

Already in the early landscape series of Hiroshige, such as “Toto Maysa”, “Tokaido gojusan zugi-nouti” and others, one can clearly see the new that introduced Hiroshige into the Ukiyo-e landscape in comparison with its founder, Hokusai.

Hokusai by character of talent is the least contemplative. In his works he is not satisfied with the direct transmission of the natural motive, as his predecessors-perspectives, but stylizes, generalizes the landscape, achieving its symbolic sound. Often the image of nature recedes into the background before the desire to create an effective, masterfully constructed composition with a philosophical overtones.

In other words, many landscapes of Hokusai represent the embodiment of speculative ideas based on a combination of stylized elements of the depicted terrain.

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