Kunisada's Tōkaidō: Riddles in Japanese Woodblock Prints

by Andreas Marks

The Tōkaidō highway, connecting Edo with Kyoto, was the most vital thoroughfare in Japan. Its cultural presence in pre- to early modern Japanese society led to the publication of woodblock print series, such as the widely known landscape prints by Hiroshige, that took this famous road as their theme.
The prints of Utagawa Kunisada, the most sought-after woodblock print designer of his day, represent a different treatment of the Tōkaidō,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004191461
• ISBN13: 9789004191464
• Release Date: December 2013
• Publisher: Brill Hotei
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 4.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 9.9" x 11.9"