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Hiroshige - The Master of Nature (Paperback)
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Hiroshige - The Master of Nature (Paperback)
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Hiroshige (1797-1858), Japanese painter and printmaker, is known
especially for his landscape prints. The last great figure of the
popular ukiyo-e school of printmaking, he transmuted everyday
landscapes into intimate, lyrical scenes. With Hokusai, Hiroshige
dominated the popular art of Japan in the first half of the
nineteenth century. He captured, in a poetic, gentle way that all
could understand, the ordinary person's experience of the Japanese
landscape, as well as the varied moods of memorable places at
different times. His total output was immense, some 5400 prints in
all. Ukiyo-e publishing was not a cultural institution subsidized
by public funds, but rather a commercial business. During his
lifetime, Hiroshige was well known and commercially successful. But
the Japanese society did not take too much notice of him. His real
reputation started with his discovery in Europe. This beautiful
book, published on the occasion of a major exhibition in Rome,
examines various aspects of Hiroshige's oeuvre and reproduces in
color some two hundred of his prints. The comprehensive text
examines his life and achievement as well as his masterwork, and
explains the particular qualities that make Hiroshige such an
essential artist.
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