Hiroshige. The Sixty-Nine Stations of the Kisokaido.
Hazan| N° d'inventaire | 25082 |
| Format | 17 x 25 |
| Détails | 286 p., in box. |
| Publication | Paris, 2021 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782754112376 |
A true celebration of Kisokaido , this box set, accompanied by an explanatory booklet, unfolds in accordion format the facsimile of the collection begun by Keisai and completed by Hiroshige between 1835 and 1842. An alternative route to the famous Tokaido linking Edo to Kyoto, this road and its sixty-nine stations are represented here in masterful prints which illustrate, throughout the seasons, the beauty of the sites but also the diversity of a society, depicting lords or beggars, monks or samurai, pilgrims or porters, without forgetting merchants, innkeepers and peasants. Hiroshige asserts his genius in the use of colors, daring unexpected perspectives and compositions, thus confirming his status as a master of Japanese prints.
A true celebration of Kisokaido , this box set, accompanied by an explanatory booklet, unfolds in accordion format the facsimile of the collection begun by Keisai and completed by Hiroshige between 1835 and 1842. An alternative route to the famous Tokaido linking Edo to Kyoto, this road and its sixty-nine stations are represented here in masterful prints which illustrate, throughout the seasons, the beauty of the sites but also the diversity of a society, depicting lords or beggars, monks or samurai, pilgrims or porters, without forgetting merchants, innkeepers and peasants. Hiroshige asserts his genius in the use of colors, daring unexpected perspectives and compositions, thus confirming his status as a master of Japanese prints.