Hiroshige: One Hundred Famous Views of Edo
by Trede, Melanie and Bichler, Lorenz
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 3836521202
- ISBN 13
- 9783836521208
- Seller
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Lisbon, Portugal
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About This Item
Taschen GmbH, Koln, 2010 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. English text; Japanese binding in hardcover case with two clasps.; 26.2 x 31.5 cm, 2 Kg, 272 pages with colour illustrations throughout.; Used with signs of wear on the hardcover case. Due to use the binding is slightly curved on the right side first page of the binding. Very good copy.; Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) was one of the last great artists in the ukiyo-e tradition. Literally meaning "pictures of the floating world" ukiyo-e was a particular genre of art that flourished between the 17th and 19th centuries and came to characterize the Western world's visual idea of Japan. In many ways images of hedonism, ukiyo-e scenes often represented the bright lights and attractions of Edo (modern-day Tokyo): beautiful women, actors and wrestlers, city life, and spectacular landscapes. Though he captured a variety of subjects, Hiroshige was most famous for landscapes, with a final masterpiece series known as "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo" (1856-1858), which depicted various scenes of the city through the seasons, from bustling shopping streets to splendid cherry orchards. This reprint is made from one of the finest complete original sets of woodblock prints belonging to the Ota Memorial Museum of Art in Tokyo. It pairs each of the 120 illustrations with a description, allowing readers to immerse themselves in these beautiful, vibrant vistas that became paradigms of Japonisme and inspired Impressionist, Post-Impressionist and Art Nouveau artists alike, from Vincent van Gogh to James McNeill Whistler..
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- Bookseller
- Jorge Welsh Books (PT)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 789B
- Title
- Hiroshige: One Hundred Famous Views of Edo
- Author
- Trede, Melanie and Bichler, Lorenz
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 3836521202
- ISBN 13
- 9783836521208
- Publisher
- Taschen GmbH, Koln
- Place of Publication
- Koln
- Date Published
- 2010
- Keywords
- japan,prints,edo,ota memorial museum of art,woodblock prints,ukiyo-e
- Bookseller catalogs
- Asian Art; Collections and exhibitions; Japanese Art;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Jorge Welsh Books
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Lisbon
About Jorge Welsh Books
Jorge Welsh Books has been dealing in art reference books since 1999. What started as a platform for the distribution of publications by Jorge Welsh Research & Publishing has now evolved into an established bookselling division. We focus in our fields of expertise, specifically cross-cultural works of art from Africa, India, China and Japan, with an emphasis on Chinese porcelain. Our aim is to source and deliver relevant publications in the best possible condition to collectors and academics alike, while providing a high-quality, personalised service.
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
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