Hiroshige

Synopsis

Presented In A Style As Stunning As The Prints It Celebrates, This Survey Of Hiroshige Tells The Fascinating Story Of The Last Great Practitioner Of Ukiyo-e, Or Pictures Of The Floating World. Hiroshige Is Considered To Be The Tradition's Most Poetic Artist And His Work Had A Marked Influence On Western Painting Towards The End Of The 19th Century. Vincent Van Gogh, Claude Monet, Paul Ce Zanne, And James Whistler Were Inspired By Hiroshige's Serene Depictions Of The Natural World. Arranged Chronologically, This Book Illustrates Through Text And Magnificent Reproductions Hiroshige's Youth And Early Career; His Artistic Development In The Genre Of Landscape Prints; His Depictions Of Edo And The Provinces; The Flower And Bird Prints; And His Many Popular Books And Paintings. It Discusses The Historic And Cultural Environment In Which Hiroshige Flourished And The Many Reasons His Art Continues To Be Revered And Imitated. Filled With 300 Color Reproductions, And Featuring A Clamshell Box And Japanese-style Binding, This Volume Is Destined To Become The Definitive Examination Of Hiroshige's Oeuvre. Hiroshige's Early Years -- Japanese Prints Of The Floating World -- Studying With Utagawa Toyohiro And Hiroshige's Early Career -- Early Series Of Bijinga -- Actors Of The Kabuki Theatre On Stage -- More Surimono Prints -- Illustrations To Popular Novels -- Hiroshige's First Landscapes -- Hiroshige's Artistic Development In Landscape Prints -- Hiroshige The Landscape Artist -- The Fifty-three Stations Of The T̄̄̄̄ōkaidō Road -- Eight Views Of Lake Biwa -- The Fifty-three Stations Of The T̄̄̄̄ōkaidō Road Again -- Views Of Kyoto And Osaka -- Eight Views Of The Environs Of Edo -- Famous Places In Our Country -- Sixty-nine Stations Of The Kisokaidō Road -- The Later Tōkaidō Series -- The Famous Places In Edo -- A Hundred Views Of Famous Places In Edo -- Views In The Provinces -- Eight Views Of Lake Biwa In The Ōmi Province -- Fifty-three Stations Of The T̄̄̄̄ōkaidō -- The Six Crystal Rivers -- Various Views In Japan -- Thirty-six Views Of Mount Fuji -- The Major Series Of Landscape Prints -- Kachōga, Book Illustrations, And Prints -- The Genre Of Kachōga In Japan -- Kachōga In The Printed Medium -- Hiroshige's Kachōga Prints -- Hiroshige's Prints Of Fish -- Picture Albums And Book Illustrations -- Hiroshige As A Painter -- Hiroshige's Travel Accounts -- The Meaning Of Hiroshige In The Arts -- Hiroshige's Accomplishments -- Hiroshige's Personal Life -- Camille Pissarro: Hiroshige Is A Marvelous Impressionist. Matthi Forrer. Includes Bibliographical References.