{"product_id":"puzzle-500-piece-utagawa-hiroshige-cat-sitting-in-window","title":"Puzzle 500 Piece - Utagawa Hiroshige - Cat Sitting in Window","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Cat Watching the Torinomachi Festival\" - Hiroshige\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Part of the \"One Hundred Famous Views of Edo\" series, the painting shows  Mt. Fuji in the distance.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUtagawa Hiroshige or  Andō Hiroshige (1797-1858)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHiroshige was considered the last great  master of the Japanese \u003cem\u003eukiyo-e \u003c\/em\u003eart tradition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSubtle use of color was essential in Hiroshige's prints, often printed with multiple impressions in the same area and with extensive use of \u003cem\u003ebokas\u003c\/em\u003ei (color gradation), both of which were rather labor-intensive techniques. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe subjects of his work were atypical of the \u003cem\u003eukiyo-e\u003c\/em\u003e genre, whose typical focus was on beautiful women, popular actors, and other scenes of the urban pleasure districts of Japan's Edo period (1603–1868).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe popular series Thirty-six views of Mt Fuji, by Hokusa\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hokusai\" title=\"Hokusai\"\u003ei\u003c\/a\u003e was a strong influence on Hiroshige's choice of subject.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHiroshige's approach was more poetic and ambient than Hokusai's bolder, more formal prints.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pomegranate Communications, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52020057702676,"sku":"162843","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0745\/1086\/0564\/files\/24f9b13aJP009_01.png?v=1772479702","url":"https:\/\/homeportonline.com\/products\/puzzle-500-piece-utagawa-hiroshige-cat-sitting-in-window","provider":"Homeport","version":"1.0","type":"link"}