Fujikawa 1906

Utagawa Hiroshige made 'Fujikawa’ a woodblock print, probably in the 1830s. It's all about soft blues, greys, and greens, like a hazy memory, and it captures a landscape with figures resting by the roadside. Imagine Hiroshige, carving away at the wood, thinking about how to capture the light filtering through the trees, how to create a sense of depth. The scene feels quiet, intimate. I feel like I'm standing there, smelling the earth, feeling the cool air. Look at how he’s rendered the sky - it’s not just blue, it's got this subtle gradient, a touch of pink, like a whisper of dawn. That’s not easy to do. Hiroshige's like a visual poet, taking the everyday and turning it into something magical. And that, my friends, is what makes art so darn exciting – we’re all in conversation, across time and space, inspiring each other to see the world in new ways.