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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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Hiroshige. One Hundred Famous Views of EDO

Hiroshige. One Hundred Famous Views of EDO

Bichler, Lorenz
Trede, Melanie

Hardcover

Asian ArtIndividual ArtistsPrintmaking

ISBN10: 3836521202
ISBN13: 9783836521208
Publisher: Taschen
Published: Jul 15 2010
Pages: 272
Weight: 4.40
Height: 1.50 Width: 10.20 Depth: 12.00
Language: English

This luxurious Japanese-bound, boxed publication transcends the coffee table cliché by combining beauty with information.

--ARTnews Magazine, New York

Literally meaning pictures of the floating world, ukiyo-e refers to the famous Japanese woodblock print genre that originated in the 17th century and is practically synonymous with the Western world's visual characterization of Japan. Because they could be mass produced, ukiyo-e works were often used as designs for fans, New Year's greeting cards, single prints, and book illustrations, and traditionally they depicted city life, entertainment, beautiful women, kabuki actors, and landscapes. The influence of ukiyo-e in Europe and the United States, often referred to as Japonisme, can be seen in everything from impressionist painting to today's manga and anime illustration. 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.

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