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Title: HIROSHIGE BLUE Author: Hiroshige Utagawa / Around 1843-47 (around 1843-47) / Woodcut multicolor print large-format nishiki-e triptych <Metropolitan Museum of Art collection> Materials : Rayon Fujiet Print: Overprint Button: White Pearl Shell Button DETAIL OF ALOHA SHIRT Utagawa Hiroshige, an ukiyo-e artist from the Edo period. He actively adopted perspective drawing, one of the methods of perspective that was not widely known at the time, and developed his talent by acquiring a painting method that brought the landscape closer to what he saw with the naked eye. In his later years, Hiroshige described his own paintings as ``pictures that were viewed with his own eyes,'' and became obsessed with how much he could express what he saw as reality in his works. His works, which are created from bold compositions, have been highly acclaimed in Western countries since that time. In addition, the use of indigo using ``Bero Ai'' imported from Europe is considered exceptional, and it has become popular as ``Hiroshige Blue''. Its unique indigo color and painting touch had a great influence on Impressionist painters, and is said to have been the catalyst for the birth of Japonisme. This season, at Sun Surf, we imagined the scenery that Hiroshige would have seen in the work, and created two designs with the goal of what kind of expression could be made when that world became a shirt. Japanese Designs National Treasure of Japan Focusing on the painters of the Edo period, when Japanese arts and culture expanded further, we recreated the works of these great masters on canvas called Aloha shirts to create designs that Japan boasts to the world. Reviving the passion that was put into the present. This series, which began as a collaboration with Katsushika Hokusai's work, has added a new artist to the next development. © The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Made in Japan