Hiroshige: Landscape, Cityscape: Woodblock Prints in the Ashmolean Museum

by Mitsuko Ito Watanabe, Clare Pollard, Hiroshige Utagawa

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) 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. Hiroshige's 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,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1854442953
• ISBN13: 9781854442956
• Release Date: February 2015
• Publisher: Ashmolean Museum
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.7" x 10.2"