One Hundred Views of Naniwa.
Picquier| N° d'inventaire | 31302 |
| Format | 21.5 x 27.7 |
| Détails | 259 p., hardcover, publisher's cardboard |
| Publication | Paris, 2024 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782809716771 |
Reproduction of the series of prints created around 1863-1865 by three artists of the Utagawa School of Osaka: Kunikazu, Yoshitaki, and Yoshiyuki. This series is the counterpart to Hiroshige's One Hundred Views of Edo and depicts various locations in the city. The illustrations are accompanied by historical commentary and preceded by an essay on Osaka through printmaking.
THE One Hundred Views of Naniwa reveal what the prosperous and bustling city of Osaka, called the "Venice of Japan" by the first Western travelers, was like a century and a half ago. We discover its temples, religious festivals, shops, pleasure districts and excursion sites, on the eve of the modern era. This work reproduces the entirety of a rare series of woodblock prints produced around 1863-1864 by three artists of the Utagawa school of Osaka: Kunikazu, Yoshitaki and Yoshiyuki. These prints are the counterpart to the famous One Hundred Views of Famous Sites in Edo by Hiroshige, published a few years earlier. They immortalize landscapes in the manner of a tourist guide for travelers, playing on points of view, perspective, unusual framing and bold composition.
The album from which this book originates comes from the Jacques Doucet collection held at the library of the National Institute of Art History in Paris. These high-quality prints, never before published in France, are accompanied by historical commentaries and preceded by an essay on Ōsaka through engraving.
Reproduction of the series of prints created around 1863-1865 by three artists of the Utagawa School of Osaka: Kunikazu, Yoshitaki, and Yoshiyuki. This series is the counterpart to Hiroshige's One Hundred Views of Edo and depicts various locations in the city. The illustrations are accompanied by historical commentary and preceded by an essay on Osaka through printmaking.
THE One Hundred Views of Naniwa reveal what the prosperous and bustling city of Osaka, called the "Venice of Japan" by the first Western travelers, was like a century and a half ago. We discover its temples, religious festivals, shops, pleasure districts and excursion sites, on the eve of the modern era. This work reproduces the entirety of a rare series of woodblock prints produced around 1863-1864 by three artists of the Utagawa school of Osaka: Kunikazu, Yoshitaki and Yoshiyuki. These prints are the counterpart to the famous One Hundred Views of Famous Sites in Edo by Hiroshige, published a few years earlier. They immortalize landscapes in the manner of a tourist guide for travelers, playing on points of view, perspective, unusual framing and bold composition.
The album from which this book originates comes from the Jacques Doucet collection held at the library of the National Institute of Art History in Paris. These high-quality prints, never before published in France, are accompanied by historical commentaries and preceded by an essay on Ōsaka through engraving.