Hiroshige - One Hundred Views of Famous Places in Edo - Nuinui

This collection of landscapes by Utagawa Hiroshige, first published in 1820, is one of the best-known series of Japanese prints, absolutely revolutionary for its time. Hiroshige masterfully depicted 118 locations in and around Edo, present-day Tōkyō, capturing their essence over the four seasons and from often unusual perspectives.

Reasons for interest:

An exquisite series of wood engravings by Hiroshige from the mid-20th century, regarded as one of the great masterpieces of Japanese art

118 different views of Edo (Tōkyō) accompanied by a map showing the exact location of each landscape

The guide features 700 full-color illustrations, offering for the first time

a comprehensive collection of early luxury prints

A work by the world's best-known expert on Japanese prints who has studied more than 4.700 works from 32 museums and private collections

Format: 29.0 × 28.6 cm

Carton with dust jacket

Number of pages: 320

Author

ANDREAS MARKS is the director of the Clark Center for Japanese Art at the Minneapolis Institute of Art. A specialist in Japanese woodcut prints, he received the International Ukiyo-e Society Award in 2014 in recognition of his research and in 2018 and 2022 the Best Book Award from the International Fine Print Dealers Association.