Hiroshige & Eisen: The Sixty-Nine Stations along the Kisokaido
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| Rating | : | 4.21 (927 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 3836539381 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 234 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-10-08 |
| Language | : | English, French, German |
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. An Andrew W. About the Author Rhiannon Paget studied at Tokyo University of the Arts and received her doctorate in Japanese Art History from the University of Sydney, Australia. Mellon Fellow for Japanese Art at the Saint Louis Art Museum, she has published research on Japanese woodblock prints, textiles, board games, and nihonga
After producing 24 prints, Eisen was replaced by Utagawa Hiroshige, who completed the series of 70 prints in 1838. Taken as a whole, The Sixty-Nine Stations collection represents not only a masterpiece of woodblock practice, including bold compositions and an experimental use of color, but also acharming tapestry of 19th-century Japan, long before the specter of industrialization. Both Eisen and Hiroshige were master print practitioners. This new TASCHEN XXL edition revives the series with due scale and splendor. Station to Station A historic trail through the heart of Japan, by two legendary woodblock artists The Kisokaid route through Japan was ordained in the early 1600s by the country’s then-ruler Tokugawa Ieyasu, who decreed that staging posts be installed along the length of the arduous passage between Edo (present-day Tokyo) and Kyoto. Hiroshige demonstrates his mastery of landscape with grandiose and evocative scenes, whether it’s the peaceful banks of the Ota River, the forbidding Wada Pass, or a moonlit ascent between Yawata and Mochizuki. Sourced from the only-known set of a near-complete run of the first edition of the series, this legendary publication is reproduced in optimum quality, bound in the Japanese tradition and
Mellon Fellow for Japanese Art at the Saint Louis Art Museum, she has published research on Japanese woodblock prints, textiles, board games, and nihonga. An Andrew W. . Rhiannon Paget studied at Tokyo University of the Arts and received her doctorate in Japanese Art History from the University of Sydney, Australia