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Hiroshige, One Hundred Famous Views of Edo

Hiroshige, One Hundred Famous Views of Edo

by Melanie Trede  •  Lorenz Bichler

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 2010
  • HARD COVER
  • 240 PAGES

A sumptuous collection of Japanese woodblock prints by one of the great artists in the ukiyo-e ("pictures of the floating world") tradition. Beautifully evoking 19th century Japan, this large format book, produced with the art publisher Taschen's usual excellence, pairs each of the 120 large-scale illustrations with a description. This resplendent complete edition is reproduced from finest complete original set of Hiroshige's woodprints at the Ota Memorial Museum of Art in Tokyo,  (JPN330, $39.99)


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