Hiroshige

One Hundred Famous Views of Edo

Lorenz Bichler, Melanie Trede, Lorenz Bichler

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Taschen
23 September 2010

History of art & design styles: c 1800 to c 1900; Prints & printmaking; Individual artists, art monographs; Arts & Architecture - Australian

"""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.

Hiroshige (1797-1858) was one of the last great artists in the ukiyo-e tradition. Though he captured a variety of subjects, his greatest talent was in creating landscapes of his native Edo (modern-day Tokyo) and his final masterpiece was a series known as ""One Hundred Famous Views of Edo"" (1856-1858). This resplendent complete reprint pairs each of the 120 large-scale illustrations with a description, allowing readers to plunge themselves into Hiroshige's beautifully vibrant landscapes."

By: Lorenz Bichler, Melanie Trede, Lorenz Bichler
Imprint: Taschen
Country of Publication: Germany
Dimensions: Height: 313mm, Width: 250mm, Spine: 38mm
Weight: 1.873kg
ISBN: 9783836521208
ISBN 10: 3836521202
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 23 September 2010
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Lorenz Bichler studied Sinology, Japanese studies, and Modern History in Zurich and Beijing. After scholarships at the Waseda and Tokai universities in Japan, he was appointed assistant professor of politics at New York University in 1999. He has held non-established teaching posts at various universities, and given online instruction at the New School of Social Research. He has been a freelance sinologist working in Heidelberg since 2004. Before taking her doctorate in Far Eastern art history at the University of Heidelberg, Melanie Trede worked at the Gakushuin University in Tokyo. She was assistant professor at the Institute of Fine Arts at New York University from 1999 to 2004, since which time she has been Professor of Far Eastern art history at the University of Heidelberg.

Reviews for Hiroshige: One Hundred Famous Views of Edo

A luscious and affordable must-have art book. * The Huffington Post, New York * The colors are vibrant and the pages feel like silk...For those who enjoy period Japanese art, they are going to be hard pressed to find a better collection at a more competitive price. * San Francisco Book Review, San Francisco *