Hiroshige: 53 Stations of Tokaido Tapa blanda - 1990

Pages sunned, edges shelf worn.Front hinge badly glued.

Tokyo: Kodansha International, 1976. Paperback, 26 cm, 92 pp. Ills.: color illustrations. Cond.: goed / good. ISBN: 0870111000. .

San Francisco, CA: Kodansha International, 1969. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. Quarto. Shipped from the Calico Cat Bookshop, a brick and mortar bookshop established in 1975.

Brand: Kodansha International, 0000-00-00. 1st First. paperback. Used: Good.

Kodansha International. Good. 1969. Paperback. 0870111000 . Masterworks Of Ukiyo-E; 92 pages .

Stated First Edition.
Book cover like new - pages clean and unmarked, slight tanning at edges – spine like new.
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The Tokaido -- the name of this highway today epitomizes a golden age of Japan's past. This "Eastern Sea Road", which connected the emperor's capital in Kyoto and the seat of the shogun's administration in Edo (now Tokyo) was heavily traveled in all seasons; the numerous prints and guidebooks about the Tokaido represent the time of prosperity and peace when even the average citizen could undertake the adventure of travel along this highway. It was Hiroshige who immortalized the Tokaido. In the famous prints of the fifty-three stages reproduced in this book, this master artist of the ukiyo-e print captured the beauty, romance, adventure, mystery, and joy - all the myriad and glowing facets of the people and places, in all seasons and times of day, of the Tokaido highway. Hiroshige's… Leer más

Kodansha International, 1969-01-01. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!