Hiroshige.

September 28, 2005 1:35 PM

Hiroshige.
posted by sgt.serenity (52 comments total)

Gesundheit!!!
posted by grateful at 1:38 PM on September 28, 2005

Oh, lovely. Thanks.
Let me offer this as well.
posted by Wolfdog at 1:46 PM on September 28, 2005

Awesome find! And no Hull tag? What's up?
posted by peacay at 1:47 PM on September 28, 2005

Beautiful, thanks!
posted by monju_bosatsu at 1:47 PM on September 28, 2005

Wonderful! I have a couple of these around my home. I've been in love with this style ever since I first saw Hokusai's The Wave, but my favorite Hiroshige piece is this one.
posted by blastrid at 1:52 PM on September 28, 2005

Neat. I have a handmade print of this one in my apartment. Also, this looks familiar.
posted by driveler at 1:53 PM on September 28, 2005

Would a few extra words about the artist, possibly a link to a wikipedia entry and some personal reflections on the subject matter be too much to ask for an FPP post?

Something like the artwork shown on the link deserves more than just one word.
posted by DragonBoy at 1:57 PM on September 28, 2005

Awesome.
posted by mullingitover at 1:59 PM on September 28, 2005

DragonBoy, all the information you need is on the linked page.
posted by monju_bosatsu at 2:03 PM on September 28, 2005

Very nice find. Thank you.
posted by Joey Michaels at 2:09 PM on September 28, 2005

Sometimes less is more. The one word post strives to steal no thunder from the content.
posted by CynicalKnight at 2:27 PM on September 28, 2005

Would a few extra words about the artist, possibly a link to a wikipedia entry and some personal reflections on the subject matter be too much to ask for an FPP post?

I agree. All FPP should reflect their authors understanding that whomever is reading them may not have access to the internet.
posted by srboisvert at 2:29 PM on September 28, 2005

Wow, this is beautiful.
posted by arcticwoman at 2:36 PM on September 28, 2005

These are gorgeous! Thank you.
posted by LeeJay at 2:40 PM on September 28, 2005

Magnificent, Sarge. Thanks for this treasure trove.

Where did people pick up the idea that a good post must have many links?
posted by languagehat at 2:55 PM on September 28, 2005

Would a few extra words about the artist, possibly a link to a wikipedia entry and some personal reflections on the subject matter be too much to ask for an FPP post?

Simple is Beautiful.
posted by sgt.serenity at 2:56 PM on September 28, 2005

All the information may be at that link but as someone who is not familiar with the artist my reaction was "Uh... huh?" Is the goal a FPP that's a puzzle? Or was there an adjective shortage?

The boingboing folks have on their submission page the text "if you don't feel like putting useful information in this field that actually describes the link and why it's interesting, don't bother submitting at all" and I think that's a fairly reasonable position for an FPP.

Simple is beautiful but obscure sucks.
posted by phearlez at 2:58 PM on September 28, 2005

That's just one of the many interesting differences between MetaFilter and boingboing.
posted by Wolfdog at 3:00 PM on September 28, 2005

The boingboing folks have on their submission page the text "if you don't feel like putting useful information in this field that actually describes the link and why it's interesting, don't bother submitting at all" and I think that's a fairly reasonable position for an FPP

then go read boingboing
posted by mr.marx at 3:02 PM on September 28, 2005

Yes , thankyou for your very interesting observation phearlez.
posted by sgt.serenity at 3:04 PM on September 28, 2005

</derail>
posted by monju_bosatsu at 3:04 PM on September 28, 2005

kirei na = beautiful

There's been a few Japanese links this week, not complaining of course.

Thanks
posted by Chimp at 3:04 PM on September 28, 2005

Now , we can resume our zen like contemplation.
posted by sgt.serenity at 3:06 PM on September 28, 2005

Fish.
posted by monju_bosatsu at 3:08 PM on September 28, 2005

then go read boingboing

And who said the superb reasoning skills that brought us "love it or leave it" were dead?
posted by phearlez at 3:11 PM on September 28, 2005

Top marks to Sarge. These are so beautiful I could cry.

I've never felt as lonely as I did when I was in Japan, and yet I miss the place more than I've ever missed anywhere. That country has a very strange effect on me, and these prints amplify the feelings. In some ways they're like Richard Scarry cartoons - so much going on inside them, and so rewarding to pore over.
posted by nylon at 3:14 PM on September 28, 2005

This post is perfect.

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posted by sciurus at 3:36 PM on September 28, 2005

Another vote for more description in the post itself. (my interpretation of "zen-like simplicity" involves knowing what the fuck it is I'm clicking on).
posted by cadastral at 3:36 PM on September 28, 2005

cho berigu!
posted by shoepal at 3:38 PM on September 28, 2005

Why do you hate America, cadastral?
posted by phearlez at 3:39 PM on September 28, 2005

Oh and I found this rather huge page of Ukiyo links via your that site (somehow) thanks sgt. serenityHull.
posted by peacay at 3:49 PM on September 28, 2005

..via your that site ..Hiroshige, even.
posted by peacay at 3:50 PM on September 28, 2005

A collection of beautiful prints by Ando Hiroshige.
posted by duder at 3:35 PM CST

See... I look at that and I'm like "oh, wow... I'm totally in the mood for... blah blah." Or "Wow, not my bag at all, but I have a friend who mentioned that he was looking for something like this."

The way it's set up now, I have no idea what I'm looking at without trying to interpret things from the comments in the body.

Anticipated Criticism: Well, then... don't click on it.

Response: I almost didn't, then I did, and I loved it. I almost missed something that I loved, because it was poorly set up.

Anticipated Rejoinder: Well tough shit, then... don't you get it? one word, simple, elegant, It perfectly reinforces my perceptions about Japanese culture, it's beautiful.

Response: Don't be a jerk. Tell me what the fuck I'm looking at. I'll do the same for you.
posted by cadastral at 3:56 PM on September 28, 2005

Beautiful site - Thanks. But another vote for a little more description. The link is to a uninformative list...
posted by bluefin at 4:05 PM on September 28, 2005

Typeface on a blue screen is not in itself beautiful nor inviting, when to most lay-persons, the word means nothing.

Nice link though!
posted by snsranch at 4:10 PM on September 28, 2005

Paraphrasing snsranch:

Typeface on blue screen
Invites no clicking because
The word means nothing.
posted by Eothele at 4:29 PM on September 28, 2005

I can't believe you fuckers are caterwauling about the goddamn post formatting. This thread sounds like a retirement home.
posted by sciurus at 5:37 PM on September 28, 2005

Great post. I'm surprised by how many people have never heard of Hiroshige before now.
posted by OmieWise at 5:45 PM on September 28, 2005

I never heard of him. Great post.

(I, for one, enjoy the surprise of clicking on something and not knowing what might be at the other end, and usually skip those long, lovingly crafted posts with all their research and 8+ links. Too much work. KISS.)
posted by swift at 6:09 PM on September 28, 2005

The Internet just keeps getting better and better.
posted by gwint at 6:11 PM on September 28, 2005

I'm surprised by how many people have never heard of Hiroshige before now.

Me too; it's like not having heard of Monet. And if you're that worried about the unknown, you could always google "hiroshige" and find out about this mysterious entity before clicking.
posted by languagehat at 6:24 PM on September 28, 2005

I, for one, think it's a good post. Mainly because it emphasizes the artist's name. When you see a Picasso painting, you think "Picasso". Same with Rembrandt, or da Vinci. I'd seen these paintings before and read Ando Hiroshige but I would always forget his name. Now I won't.

Perhaps it wasn't even sgt.serentity's intention, but who cares? Besides we have plenty of overly-wordy posts with so many links I give up before I even start. If it's a complex subject with many different points of view, and surprises, then yes, multiple links are good. But, come on, if this site isn't enough you can go to Wikipedia, enter in "Ando Hiroshige" and get your precious info.

Research is nice, but simple can be a good thing.
posted by zardoz at 6:27 PM on September 28, 2005

If there was only a site as comprehensive (with as minimalist a design) for Hokusai... I'd be in Ukiyo-e heaven.
posted by gwint at 6:50 PM on September 28, 2005

Excellent, thanks!
posted by carter at 6:52 PM on September 28, 2005

Post format good. Link fantastic. Thank you.

Hiroshige.
posted by prettyboyfloyd at 8:54 PM on September 28, 2005

Very nice. Although, I must say I dislike WWW pages that change only one colour of the pair (background, foreground). In this case, I get black font on my black background. Sigh.

If you change one, set both! :)
posted by lundman at 9:01 PM on September 28, 2005

A single word link
to fantasitc images
is not a good post.

Intelect disposed
In the face of real beauty
Makes you a meat head
posted by Goofyy at 11:15 PM on September 28, 2005

Goofyy is a great artist.
He has many interesting photos of Belgium on his website.
There are also many evocative pictures of Paris.
Of particular interest to me , was this wonderful rendition of a Manhole Cover.
posted by sgt.serenity at 12:02 AM on September 29, 2005

Kind of hard to believe someone hasn't linked to that site yet... Well, good you did, sgt.serenity!

I've got a piece that purports to be Hiroshige, but may be a fake. I've also got a very nice little print of Miyajima by Kawase Hasui.

Hiroshige's Yui is probably my single favorite piece of art anywhere, ever.
posted by jiawen at 2:19 AM on September 29, 2005

Ad hominems are so much fun, they make people look so delightfully childish. Now go play while the adults discuss your FPP, that's a good boy.
posted by Goofyy at 3:59 AM on September 29, 2005

There's a place of balance between "overly wordy" and "cryptic" that maybe one could aim for. I didn't see anyone suggesting this needed to be expanded into a short essay, but some clue would have been nice. The one counter suggestion expanded to a whole eight words. I skipped clicking the link myself and went right into the comments hoping for some clue what it was about.

Are you honestly suggesting that the appropriate response to a cryptic one word link is to go do a separate google search on the link term?
posted by Karmakaze at 7:14 AM on September 29, 2005

Thanks for posting this - I love this site and somehow never thought of bringing it here. And I think the FPP stands alone just fine: also, I have Hokusai's Wave (linked above by blastrid) tattooed on my lower back.
posted by mygothlaundry at 8:10 AM on September 29, 2005