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Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) was one of the last great artists in
the ukiyo-e tradition. Literally meaning "pictures of the floating
world," ukiyo-e was a particular genre of art that flourished
between the 17th and 19th centuries and came to characterize the
Western world's visual idea of Japan. In many ways images of
hedonism, ukiyo-e scenes often represented the bright lights and
attractions of Edo (modern-day Tokyo): beautiful women, actors and
wrestlers, city life, and spectacular landscapes. Though he
captured a variety of subjects, Hiroshige was most famous for
landscapes, with a final masterpiece series known as "One Hundred
Famous Views of Edo" (1856-1858), which depicted various scenes of
the city through the seasons, from bustling shopping streets to
splendid cherry orchards. 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. It pairs each of the 120
illustrations with a description, allowing readers to immerse
themselves in these beautiful, vibrant vistas that became paradigms
of Japonisme and inspired Impressionist, Post-Impressionist and Art
Nouveau artists alike, from Vincent van Gogh to James McNeill
Whistler. About the series Bibliotheca Universalis - Compact
cultural companions celebrating the eclectic TASCHEN universe!
Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858) was one of the last great artists
in the ukiyo-e tradition. Literally meaning “pictures of the
floating world,” ukiyo-e was a particular genre of art that
flourished between the 17th and 19th centuries and came to
characterize the Western world’s visual idea of Japan. In many
ways images of hedonism, ukiyo-e scenes often represented the
bright lights and attractions of Edo (modern-day Tokyo): beautiful
women, actors and wrestlers, city life, and spectacular landscapes.
Though he captured a variety of subjects, Hiroshige was most famous
for landscapes, with a final masterpiece series known as “One
Hundred Famous Views of Edo” (1856–1858), which depicted
various scenes of the city through the seasons, from bustling
shopping streets to splendid cherry orchards. This reprint, bound
in the traditional Japanese fashion, is made from one of the finest
complete original sets of woodblock prints belonging to the Ota
Memorial Museum of Art in Tokyo. It pairs each of the 120
illustrations with a description, allowing readers to immerse
themselves in these beautiful, vibrant vistas that became paradigms
of Japonisme and inspired Impressionist, Post-Impressionist and Art
Nouveau artists alike, from Vincent van Gogh to James McNeill
Whistler.
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