Cartão Autumn Moon at Seba, Hiroshige

Autumn Moon at Seba - Indisputably the most famous print from the Kisokaido series and a true Hiroshige masterpiece. This print is a model of classical perfection. A lonely region beyond Lake Suwa, a bargeman and a raftsman pole their crafts in the same direction. Wind bent willows lean over in the blue Narai River under the harvest moon at dusk. A beautiful subject. The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido - Hiroshige’s fantastic Kisokaido series was designed in collaboration with Keisei Eisen in the mid-1830s. Comprised of seventy prints, Eisen contributed twenty-three images to the series, with Hiroshige providing the rest. This masterpiece series chronicled life along the Kiso Highway, the upper road along the mountains from Edo to Kyoto, mirroring the lower Tokaido. Including scenes from all seasons, day and night, snow and rain, Hiroshige captured the essence of travel along the Kiso Road during the Edo era. His captivating and atmospheric views offer a poetic vision of the beautiful and often dramatic countryside of Japan.