Hiroshige & Eisen. the Sixty-Nine Stations Along the Kisokaido. 40th Ed.

by Andreas Marks and Rhiannon Paget

The Kisokaidō route through Japan was ordained in the early 1600s by the country's then-ruler Tokugawa Ieyasu, who decreed that staging posts be installed along the length of the arduous passage between Edo (present-day Tokyo) and Kyoto. Inns, shops, and restaurants were established to provide sustenance and lodging to weary travelers. In 1835, renowned woodblock print artist Keisai Eisen was commissioned...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3836596458
• ISBN13: 9783836596459
• Release Date: February 2024
• Publisher: Taschen
• Length: 512 Pages