ISBN10: 0807611433, ISBN13: 9780807611432, [publisher: George Braziller Inc] Hardcover 256 Seiten mit zahlreichen Abbildungen. Kaum Lagerspuren. Ein sehr gutes und ordentliches Exemplar. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 2000
[Rosendahl, NRW, Germany] [Publication Year: 1986]
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ISBN10: 0807611433, ISBN13: 9780807611432, [publisher: George Braziller Inc] Hardcover First Edition STATED FIRST EDITION-Book is bright, tight and unmarked-Bright dust jacket with light edge wear, small tears to dust jacket rear- coffee table sized, with excellent full page, full color illustrations by Hiroshige!-Beautiful full-sized illustrations with in-depth descriptions.Light stain on cover and DJ.
[Westbank, BC, Canada] [Publication Year: 1999]
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Museum / Braziller. New. Date: 1986. Hardcover. 0807611433 .*** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** - *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - FLAWLESS COPY, BRAND NEW, PRISTINE, NEVER OPENED - Originally published 1986. 256 pages ; 4.3 pounds; 119 full color plates. -- This final series of woodblock prints by the celebrated 19th century Japanese artist Utagawa (Ando) Hiroshige, is considered to be the finest example of his masterwork. Each plate is accompanied by a commentary that discusses its artistic and cultural interest in detail. The brilliant ukiyo-e printmaker, revealed the panorama of his city’s (Edo, which is now named Tokyo) activities with subtle and vivid visual anecdotes. The 100 scenes are really vignettes of life in all seasons, from many points of view. --Hiroshige's One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, actually composed of 118 splendid woodblock landscape and genre scenes of mid-nineteenth century Tokyo, is one of the greatest achievements of Japanese art. The series contains many of Hiroshige's best-loved and most extraordinary prints. Like Venice and Florence in the 14th and 15th centuries, or Paris in the age of the Impressionists, the city of Edo, with its superb landmarks and its festive display of elegant urban life, exerts a special and compelling fascination. Hiroshige revealed the panorama of his city's activities with subtle and vivid visual anecdotes: fireworks seen ...