Hiroshige: Shaping the Image of Japan

by Marije Jansen, Chris Uhlenbeck, Chris Uhlenbeck & Marije Jansen

Hiroshige Shaping the Image of Japan
is a comprehensive overview of Hiroshige's work as a woodblock print artist. Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) is one of the great masters in the history of Japanese printmaking and this publication coincides with the 150th anniversary of his death. Hiroshige has worked in virtually every genre of ukiyo-e or 'images of the floating world'. He designed prints of beautiful women and brave heroes, but achieved...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004171959
• ISBN13: 9789004171954
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Brill Hotei
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 9.6" x 11.5"