Utagawa Hiroshige (17971858) is one of the best known of all Japanese woodblock print designers. He is particularly renowned for his landscape prints, which are among the most frequently reproduced of all Japanese works of art. Hiroshiges landscape prints were hugely successful both in Japan and in the West. Their unusual compositions, humorous depictions of people involved in everyday activities and masterly expression of weather, light and seasons, proved enormously influential on many leading European artists. Aimed at a general audience, this book illustrates and discusses 53 Hiroshige landscape prints in the Ashmolean Museums collection and explores their historical background. It gives a concise introduction to Hiroshiges life and career within the context of Japans booming nineteenthcentury woodblock print industry and explores the development of the landscape print as a new genre in this period. It also discusses and illustrates the process and techniques of traditional Japanese woodblock printmaking. Contents How to read a Japanese Print, Preface, Utagawa Hiroshige (17971858) Woodblock Print Designer, Making a Japanese Woodblock Print, I Views along the Tokaido, II Views of the Provinces, III Views of Edo, IV Views of Mount Fuji, Further Reading.

Binding: Paperback;160 pages; Publisher: ACC Art Books - IPSUK; Classification: ACBP; Weight: 800 g; Dimensions: 263 x 196 x 10

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