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# Read * Hiroshige's Journey in the 60-Odd Provinces (Famous Japanese Print Series) by Marije Jansen » eBook or Kindle ePUB. Hiroshige's Journey in the 60-Odd Provinces (Famous Japanese Print Series) Parsa said An excellent print series edition.. There are too few book editions of the print series of Hiroshige. There are a few books featuring his "100 Views of Edo" such as the excellent one by Uspensky which I own; a smallish paperback version of the first edition of "5An excellent print series edition. There are too few book editions of the print series of Hiroshige. There are a few books featuring his "100 Views of Edo" such as the excellent one by Uspensky which I own; a smallish paperbac
| Title | : | Hiroshige's Journey in the 60-Odd Provinces (Famous Japanese Print Series) |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.50 (914 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 9074822606 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 160 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
graduate of Japanese Studies from Leiden University and is currently working for the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Marije Jansen is a M.A.
. graduate of Japanese Studies from Leiden University and is currently working for the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. About the Author Marije Jansen is a M.A
Parsa said An excellent print series edition.. There are too few book editions of the print series of Hiroshige. There are a few books featuring his "100 Views of Edo" such as the excellent one by Uspensky which I own; a smallish paperback version of the first edition of "5An excellent print series edition. There are too few book editions of the print series of Hiroshige. There are a few books featuring his "100 Views of Edo" such as the excellent one by Uspensky which I own; a smallish paperback version of the first edition of "53 Stations of the Tokaido. Stations of the Tokaido. Outstanding quality Gorgeous book, with outstanding print quality. Some of the prints I was hoping to see from the Provinces series were not in the book, and I personally would have made other choices. But the quality is tops.. Gorgeous! I have spent many hours with this book in my lap, paging through it and trying to imagine the artistic genius that translated tales of these somewhat far away places into this collection of sometimes otherworldly, sometimes extreme, and sometimes very
It evidently met with critical acclaim as the publishers Koshimuraya Heisuke issued several editions. Designs published before this series had already depicted the famous routes between Edo and Kyoto, the Tokaido and the Kisokaido, and various well known locations such as the famous waterfalls, Lake Omi and the Jewel Rivers, but a series on such a grand scale devoted to the provincies was a novelty. In this study, the author Marije Jansen briefly discusses Hiroshige's life and the formal aspects of this series. Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) designed a series of 70 landscapes depicting the provinces of Japan between 1854 and 1856. Jansen takes as her point of departure the set in possession of the German collector Gerhard Pulverer, which is generally acknowledged to be a superb example of a first edition, and compares this series to a number of other sets in public and private collections. The designs comprising "Famous places in the 60-odd provinces" ("Rokuju yoshu meisho zue") are taken from all corners of Japan. It was
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