Hiroshige's Tokaido In Prints and Poetry
Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle, c. 1958. Edition: Second Edition, Binding: Contemporary decorative cloth wrapping tied together with violet string. Pasted and free wood-grained endpapers. Decorative slipcase. , Notes: Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858), also Andō Hiroshige was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist, considered the last great master of that tradition. For scholars and collectors, Hiroshige's death marked the beginning of a rapid decline in the ukiyo-e genre, especially in the face of the westernization that followed the Meiji Restoration of 1868. Hiroshige's work came to have a marked influence on Western painting towards the close of the 19th century as a part of the trend in Japonism. Western artists closely studied Hiroshige's compositions, and some, such as van Gogh, painted copies of Hiroshige's prints., Size: 12mo (98x150mm). , Illustration: Illustrated with small reprints of woodblock prints from Hiroshige’s fifty-three stopping places during his journey from Tokyo to Kyoto, with Haiku's and poems that accompany each of the stopping places. A colour 4 page map of his journey is at the beginning of the book.
, Provenance: Inscription on endpaper, “To Alfred, and Doris with affection Helen and Dean.”, Category: Book Asia Far East. The book is in very good condition. Slip case is in good condition.
. Item #B5149
Edition: Second Edition, Binding: Contemporary decorative cloth wrapping tied together with violet string. Pasted and free wood-grained endpapers. Decorative slipcase. , Notes: Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858), also Andō Hiroshige was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist, considered the last great master of that tradition. For scholars and collectors, Hiroshige's death marked the beginning of a rapid decline in the ukiyo-e genre, especially in the face of the westernization that followed the Meiji Restoration of 1868. Hiroshige's work came to have a marked influence on Western painting towards the close of the 19th century as a part of the trend in Japonism. Western artists closely studied Hiroshige's compositions, and some, such as van Gogh, painted copies of Hiroshige's prints., Size: 12mo (98x150mm). , Illustration: Illustrated with small reprints of woodblock prints from Hiroshige’s fifty-three stopping places during his journey from Tokyo to Kyoto, with Haiku's and poems that accompany each of the stopping places. A colour 4 page map of his journey is at the beginning of the book.
, Provenance: Inscription on endpaper, “To Alfred, and Doris with affection Helen and Dean.”, Category: Book Asia Far East.
Price: $95.00