https://aneeshsathe.com/tags/japanese-art/Recent content in Japanese Art on Aneesh SatheHugoen-usThu, 09 Jan 2025 08:05:00 +0000https://aneeshsathe.com/jan-9-2025-the-age-of-fire-and-gravel/Thu, 09 Jan 2025 08:05:00 +0000https://aneeshsathe.com/jan-9-2025-the-age-of-fire-and-gravel/<figure > <img src="https://aneeshsathe.com/media/2025/01/image-4.png" alt="Image"> </figure> <p>Today I discovered the <a href="https://pdimagearchive.org/">Public Domain Image Archive</a> attached to the <a href="https://publicdomainreview.org/">Public Domain Review</a> which has some great essays and commentary on image collections, like the one below.</p> <hr> <h4 id="utagawa-hiroshige-last-great-master-of-ukiyo-e"> <a href="https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/utagawa-hiroshige-last-great-master-of-ukiyo-e/">Utagawa Hiroshige: Last Great Master of Ukiyo-e</a> <a href="#utagawa-hiroshige-last-great-master-of-ukiyo-e" class="heading-anchor">#</a> </h4> <p>Just before Hiroshige died, possibly of cholera, he wrote the following poem:</p> <blockquote> <p><em>I leave my brush in the East<br> And set forth on my journey.<br> I shall see the famous places in the Western Land.</em></p> </blockquote> <p>This was a fortelling of sorts because Hiroshige</p>